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Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XXIV. "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen. to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year. and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a shorter period than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and Amendments thereto."
Moved by Mr. Walfred B. Sellman and duly seconded: That the Town hereby authorizes the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the rev- enue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a shorter period than one year, in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws and Amendments thereto.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
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Article XXV. "To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, General Laws and Amendments thereto."
Moved by Mr. John H. Perkins and duly seconded : That the Town hereby authorizes the Tax Collector to use all means of collecting taxes which a Town Treasurer, when appointed Collector, may use agreeable to Chapter 41, Section 37, General Laws and Amendments thereto,
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Article XXVI. "To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting."
. Moved by Mr. Lawrence R. Stone and duly seconded : That the reso- lutions adopted by the selectmen at the time of the death of General George S. Patton, Jr., be read and entered in the records of this meeting after a minute of silent prayer, and a copy of such resolution be forwarded to his widow.
RESOLUTIONS
Whereas, it is with deep and profound sorrow we learn of the untimely death of General George S. Patton, Jr., our late townsman and beloved neighbor; therefor be it Resolved, that we, on behalf of the townspeople of Hamilton, extend to his bereaved widow, family and relatives and all his legion of comrades in arms and friends who with us mourn his loss. our deep and lasting sympathy and grief, feeling with us that the Almighty God, in His infinite wisdom, hath done all for the best and that He will be their guide and strength in the days to come.
Resolved, further, that a copy of these resolutions be spread on the records of the next annual town meeting and also a copy be sent to the bereaved widow and family.
Rising vote. Motion unanimously carried.
Moved by Mr. Robert B. Walsh and duly seconded: That the meeting adjourn until March 12, 1946 at (5:45) five-forty-five o'clock in the morn- ing to vote on Article I.
Voice vote. Motion unanimously carried.
The Moderator declared the meeting adjourned at 8:25 p. m.
Vote on Article I.
Polls were opened at five-forty-five (5:45) o'clock in the morning by the Moderator.
There were 1080 votes cast under Article I.
Men
563
Women 517
Total 1080
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MODERATOR-for one year. 831 Blanks 249
Oliver Wolcott
TOWN CLERK-for one year.
Francis H. Whipple 907 Blanks 173
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-three for one year.
Edward A. DeWitt 668 George E. Anderson 206
Lawrence R. Stone
596 Benjamin 1. Dodge 194
Everett F. Haley
575 Ralph W. Armstrong 82
Allan MacCurrach 291 Blanks 628
SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS-for one year.
Leland D. Thompson
642 Blanks 24
Lawrence Lamson 414
ASSESSOR-for three years.
Donald G. Trussell 860 Blanks 220
TREASURER-for one year.
Walfred B. Sellman
575 Blanks
62
Bernard A. Cullen 443
TAX COLLECTOR-for one year.
Bertha L. Crowell
928
Blanks
152
CONSTABLES-three for one year.
Charles F. Poole 749 Raymond H. Stone 174
Edward Frederick 747 Everett A. Hurd 118
Barkley W. Tree
315
J. Stephen Sargent 105
Frederick P. Goodhue 205
Blanks
651
Frederick L. Rauscher
116
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-for three years.
Ernest F. Stockwell Blanks 301
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-for one year. (unexpired)
Ray M. Sanford 625 Edmund J. Liscomb 82
Edward H. Sargeant 234 Blanks 189
WATER COMMISSIONER-for three years.
George A. Harrigan 834 Blanks 246
WATER COMMISSIONER-for one year. (unexpired)
Carl G. Ricker 518
Blanks 159
Harold M. Child 403
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TREE WARDEN-for one year.
Rudolph H. Haraden 872 Blanks 208
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER-for three years.
John T. Walke 808 Blanks 272
TRUSTEE PUBLIC LIBRARY-for three years. John F. Neary 772 Blanks 308
PARK COMMISSIONER-for three years.
Philip Hopkins 742 Blanks 338
PLANNING BOARD-for five years.
John R. Hollister 757 Blanks 322
Deborah Von Rosenvinge 1
PLANNING BOARD-for three years. (unexpired)
Standish Bradford 637 Blanks 188
Lawrence D. Sargeant 255
The Moderator read the results of the voting and declared the meet- ing adjourned at eight-forty-five (8:45) o'clock in the evening.
A true copy.
Attest : FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
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STATE PRIMARY, JUNE 18, 1946
The State Primary was held at the Town Hall, Tuesday, June 18, 1946.
Warrant read and polls declared opened by Selectman Lawrence R. Stone at one o'clock P. M.
The Tellers and Election Officers were :
Edward A. DeWitt
Lawrence R. Stone
Republican Democratic Mary T. Greeley Jessie W. B. Cunningham Thomas A. Sargent
Everett F. Haley
Francis H. Whipple
Police on duty : Edward Frederick, Chief
The election officers and tellers were sworn to the faithful performance of their duty by the Town Clerk.
Result of votes cast :
Total vote cast TWO HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN (247)
Republican TWO HUNDRED THIRTY TWO (232)
Democratic FIFTEEN (15 )
Men ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130)
Women ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN (117)
REPUBLICAN VOTE :
GOVERNOR
Robert F. Bradford 198 Blanks 34
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Albert Cole
69
Blanks
19
Arthur W. Coolidge 144
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook
205 Blanks 27
TREASURER
Fred J. Burrell
42 Blanks .
24
Laurence Curtis 166
AUDITOR
Wallace E. Stearns
35
Blanks
45
Russell A. Wood 152
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes 198 Blanks
34
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 213 Blanks 19
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CONGRESSMAN-Sixth District
George J. Bates 183 Blanks 49
COUNCILLOR-Fifth District
David D. Black 26 Alfred C. Gaunt 98
Louis J. Dempsey
2 John M. Kelleher 65
Joseph L. Dupont
10
Blanks
31
SENATOR-Third Essex District
Cornelius F. Haley 193 Blanks
17
John Willis White 22
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Fifteenth Essex District
Cornelius J. Murray 147 Andrew E. Faulkner 109
William H. Davis, Jr. 33 Clarence S. Wilkinson 29
Paul S. Eaton
51
Blanks
95
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-Eastern District
Hugh A. Cregg 194 Blanks 38
CLERK OF COURTS-Essex County 1
Archie N. Frost 129 J. Frank Hughes 34
Harold L. Armstrong
38
Blanks
31
REGISTER OF DEEDS-Essex Southern District
A. Franklin Priest
193
Blanks
39
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-Essex County
Albert William Glynn 14 George B. Sellars 3
William Henry Haskell
61
Arthur A. Thompson
70
Walter B. Morse
44
Blanks
40
REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY Essex County (To Fill Vacancy )
Edward A. Coffey
92 Richard J. White, Jr. 78
Charles F. McGee
Blanks
35
COUNTY TREASURER-Essex County (To Fill Vacancy)
James D. Bentley
169 Blanks 33
William F. Desmond 30
DEMOCRATIC VOTE : GOVERNOR
Maurice J. Tobin
10 Blanks 0
Francis D. Harrigan 5
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
John B. Carr 1 Roger L. Putnam 2
Paul A. Dever
10
Blanks
1
Daniel J. O'Connell 1
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SECRETARY
John J. Concannon
2
Paul H. Snow
2
Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr.
8
Blanks
Leo Moran 0
TREASURER
John E. Hurley 13 Blanks 2
Thomas Khoury
0
AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley
11
Blanks
4
Harry E. Casey
ATTORNEY GENERAL
1
Francis E. Kelly
6
Michael F. Hourihan
1
Joseph M. McDonough
5
Edward A. Hutchinson, Jr.
0
Blanks
2
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
David I. Walsh
9
Blanks
CONGRESSMAN-Sixth District
15
Blanks
COUNCILLOR-Fifth District
Robert V. O'Sullivan
10
Blanks
SENATOR-Third Essex District
Blanks
15
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Fifteenth Essex District
Wilfred J. St. Charles
9
Blanks
6
DISTRICT ATTORNEY-Eastern District
Hugh A. Cregg
CLERK OF COURTS-Essex County
Archie N. Frost
5
Blanks
Harold L. Armstrong
10
REGISTER OF DEEDS-Essex Southern District
A. Franklin Priest
Blanks
Thomas F. Duffy
8
COUNTY COMMISSIONER-Essex County
Edward J. Grimley
5
George B. Sellars
1
William J. O'Leary
6
Blanks
3
REGISTER OF PROBATE INSOLVENCY Essex County (To Fill Vacancy)
John James Costello
2
David N. Roach
3
Cornelius P. Donovan
Blanks
3
COUNTY TREASURER-Essex County (To Fill Vacancy)
John M. Bresnahan
Blanks
3
The polls were closed by Everett F. Haley, Selectman, at 8:00 P. M., and the results announced at 9:10 P. M.
Attest :
FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
6
9
Blanks
6
0
0
William G. Hennessey
5
3
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REPORT OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD AUGUST 8, 1946
Due to the absence of the Moderator, the meeting was called to order at 8:08 P. M., by the Town Clerk for the purpose of electing a temporary moderator to preside over the meeting.
Robert B. Walsh was nominated and unanimously elected temporary moderator.
The Warrant was read and the meeting declared open at 8:11 P. M. by Robert B. Walsh.
Article 1. "To see if the Town will vote to make certain repairs to the high school building arising from a fire at the building on or about April 11, 1946, and that $572.37 allowed the Town by its insurer for the fire damage sustained be applied and used in payment for such damage, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Edward A. DeWitt, and duly seconded, that the Town make the certain repairs to the high school building arising from the fire at the building on or about April 11, 1946, and that $572.37, being the amount allowed the town by its insurer for fire damage sustained, be applied to and used in payment for such repairs.
Voice vote on motion. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 2. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the un- expended balance of $525.00 raised and appropriated for Moth Private Property Wages under article 4 at the annual town meeting held March 4, 1946, the sum of $250.00 to Moth Town Expenses, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Lawrence R. Stone, and duly seconded, that the Town transfer $250.00 to Moth Town Expenses from the unexpended balance of $525.00 raised and appropriated for Moth Private Property Wages un- der Article 4 of the annual town meeting held March 4, 1946.
Voice vote on motion. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 3. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the un- expended balance of $800.00 raised and appropriated for maintenance of various streets under article 7 at the annual town meeting held March 4, 1946, the sum of $800.00 to the Highway Department, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Everett F. Haley, and duly seconded, that the Town transfer $800.00 to Highway Department from the unexpended balance of $800.00 raised and appropriated for maintenance of various streets under Article 7 of the annual town meeting held March 4, 1946.
Voice vote on motion. Motion carried unanimously.
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Article 4. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer $800.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Health Department, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Everett F. Haley, and duly seconded, that the Town trans- fer $800.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Health Depart- ment.
Voice vote on motion. Motion unanimously carried.
Article 5. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer $800.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Old Age Assistance, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Lawrence R. Stone, and duly seconded. that the Town trans- fer $800.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Old Age Assistance.
Voice vote on motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Article 6. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer $1500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Police Department to provide for additional police protection, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Theodore A. Holland. and duly seconded. that the Town transfer $1500.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Police De- partment to provide for additional police protection.
Voice vote on motion. Motion unanimously carried.
Article ?. "To see if the Town will vote to transfer $3000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Fire Department for alterations and repairs to the Engine House, or take any action thereon."
Moved by Edward A. DeWitt, and duly seconded, that the Town trans- fer $3000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Fire Department for alterations and repairs to the Engine House.
Voice vote on motion. Motion carried unanimously.
Article 8. "To act on any other matter that may legally come before said meeting.
Upon a motion of Everett F. Haley it was unanimously voted that the meeting be adjourned, and it was so declared at 8:19 P. M.
Attest : FRANCIS H. WHIPPLE,
Town Clerk.
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STATE ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 1946
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Hamilton. County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts held on the fifth day of November, 1946, the following officers and questions were voted upon :
The election officers were as follows: Edward A. DeWitt, Lawrence R. Stone. Everett F. Haley and Francis H. Whipple.
The tellers were as follows : Republican
Frank Back
Democratic Thomas A. Sargent, Jr.
Edward J. Ready
George Morrow
Benjamin G. Robertson
Edmund Liscomb
Frank H. Tuck
Lawrence Lamson
Gertrude C. Hill
Jessie W. B. Cunningham
Carolyn W. Lander
Alice N. Lovering
Edward Frederick was on duty as police officer.
The election officers, tellers and police were sworn by Francis H. Whipple, Town Clerk.
The warrant was read and the polls declared open at 1 o'clock P. M. by Lawrence R. Stone. The total vote cast was ONE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY- SEVEN (1077) - 55? Men. and 525 Women.
There were 26 civilian absentee ballots.
There were no War ballots.
The votes cast were as follows :-
GOVERNOR
Robert F. Bradford
819 Guy S. Williams 0
Maurice J. Tobin
240 Blanks 15
Horace I. Hillis 3
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Arthur W. Coolidge
808 Francis A. Votano 4
Paul A. Dever
251 Blanks
12
Alfred Erickson
2
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook
861 Malcomb T. Rowe 5
Benedict F. Fitzgerald, Jr. 184 Blanks 27
TREASURER
Laurence Curtis
823 Charles E. Vaughan 2
John E. Hurley
226
Blanks
23
Lawrence Gilfedder
3
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AUDITOR
Thomas J. Buckley
246 Robert A. Simmons 5
Russel A. Wood
781 Blanks
38
Pearl J. McGlynn
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Clarence A. Barnes
815 Howard B. Rand 0)
Francis E. Kelly
229
Blanks
26
William F. Oro
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 836 Mark R. Shaw 2
David I. Walsh
220
Blanks
15
Henning A. Blomen
4
CONGRESSMAN - Sixth District
George J. Bates
838
Blanks
25
Richard B. O'Keefe 214
COUNCILLOR - Fifth District
Alfred C. Gaunt
818
Blanks 41
Robert V. O'Sullivan 218
SENATOR - Third Essex District
Cornelius F. Haley
931
Blanks
146
REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT Fifteenth Essex District
Andrew E. Faulkner 803 Wilfred J. St. Charles 176
Cornelius J. Murray 692 Blanks 483
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - Eastern District
Hugh A. Cregg
875
Blanks
202
CLERK OF COURTS - Essex County
Archie N. Frost
843
Blanks
234
REGISTER OF DEEDS - Essex Southern District
Thomas F. Duffy 211
Blanks 72
A. Franklin Priest 794
COUNTY COMMISSIONER - Essex County
William J. O'Leary
203
Blanks
70
Arthur A. Thompson 804
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REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY - Essex County
(To fill vacancy)
John James Costello 212 Blanks 72
Richard J. White, Jr. 793
COUNTY TREASURER - Essex County (To fill vacancy)
James D. Bentley
817
Blanks
63
John M. Bresnahan 197
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 sup- port, 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 continuously for one year im- mediately preceding said date of application, which is further described as follows :-
The measure by amendments of General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 6, pro- vides for an old age pension commission of three persons, one to be a quali- fied 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. Orig- inal appointments of members shall be for one, two and three years re- spectively, 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 designated 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 empower- ed 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 pensions for cer- tain 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 or in a board- ing home, which for the purposes hereof shall include any institution pro- viding shelter, care and treatment for aged persons which is not sup- ported 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
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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 Com- mission shall deduct from the pensioner's budget or the minimum pay- ment, which ever 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 pen- sioner, which remain unpaid at the time of his death or commitment 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 ab- sent from the Commonwealth on a visit without having such pension sus- pended ..
It is provided that General Laws (Ter. Ed.), c. 273, Sec. 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 sub- division 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 Commission 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
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Old Age Pension Commission has been received by the applicant or pen- sioner. The decision of the subdivision of appeals shall be final and bind- ing upon the Commission.
The Commission or any interested person aggrieved by any decision in any proceeding before the subdivision of appeals may obtain judicial review of such decision by filing, within twenty days of the date of mail- ing 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 insufficient income to provide for his budgetary needs or minimum payments. 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 interest, such bond to be secured by a mort- gage 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 administrator shall be liable in contract to the Commonwealth for expenses incurred by it for
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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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