embodying the principles of the Torrens system of land transfer; said copies to be distributed by the secretary of the Commonwealth. Each member of the general court shall receive three copies. Approved May 23, 1894. Chap. 79 RESOLVE PROVIDING Mongolian pheasants. FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF MONGOLIAN PHEASANTS INTO THIS COMMONWEALTH. Resolved, That the commissioners on inland fisheries and game may expend a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, for the introduction of Mongolian pheasants into this Commonwealth, to be paid from the appropriation for incidentals and sundry expenses of said commissioners, authorized by chapter forty-six of the acts of the present year. Approved May 23, 1894. Chap. 80 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE CORRECTION OF A PLAN IN THE Correction of plan in office of Commonwealth. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Resolved, That the secretary of the Commonwealth is secretary of the hereby authorized and directed to permit the plan now on file in his office, referred to in chapter two hundred and forty-two of the acts of the present year, entitled "An act changing the boundary line between the city of Boston and the town of Brookline", to be altered and corrected so that the line between said city and said town, as represented on said plan, will correspond with the line as established by said act, said plan as filed having been drawn in conformity with the bill providing for said change as the same was first presented, and said line having subsequently been changed by amendments introduced in said bill. The alterations and corrections hereby authorized shall be confined to the changes introduced by said amendments, and may be made by the civil engineer who drew said plan, or by any other engineer approved by the secretary of the Commonwealth. Approved May 26, 1894. Chap. 81 RESOLVE PROVIDING ROOMS FOR THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF Bureau of statistics of labor. LABOR FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE DECENNIAL CENSUS. Resolved, That the commissioners on the state house be and they are hereby directed to provide, on or before the first day of October in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four, suitable rooms outside the state house and Commonwealth building for the use of the bureau of statis tics of labor, for such period of time as may be required for the purposes of the decennial census. The commissioners may expend a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars a year for rent, in addition to the sum now authorized for rent of the premises at present occupied by said bureau, and not exceeding two thousand dollars for shelving and furnishing said rooms and the payment of expenses of removal of the bureau from its present quarters to said rooms, if such removal be found necessary. Approved May 26, 1894. RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE WIDOW OF THE LATE ISAAC B. TOMPKINS. B. Tompkins. Chap. 82 Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Widow of Isaac treasury of the Commonwealth to the widow of Isaac B. Tompkins, late a member of the house of representatives from the fifth Bristol district, the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars, being the compensation to which the said Isaac B. Tompkins would have been entitled had he lived to the close of the present session of the general court; and the further sum of sixteen dollars for the payment of certain expenses incident to his sudden death. Approved June 1, 1894. RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF COPIES OF THE Chap. 83 ATLAS MAP OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. atlas map to public schools. Resolved, That four hundred copies of the atlas map of Distribution of Massachusetts be printed under the supervision of the Massachusetts topographical survey commission. Said copies shall be distributed under the direction of the state board of education to such public schools as they may select in the Commonwealth: provided, that at least one school in Proviso. each town and city shall be provided with a copy thereof, and that the residue shall be distributed, so far as may be, in proportion to the population of the several towns and cities. The copies so distributed shall be kept in the schools to which they are sent, and shall be marked before distribution with a stamp or label stating that they are not to be taken from the school. A sum not exceeding two thousand dollars is hereby authorized to be expended from the treasury of the Commonwealth for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this resolve. Approved June 2, 1894. Chap. 84 RESOLVE RELATIVE TO PRINTING ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE RE Report on improvement of Charles river. PORT OF THE JOINT BOARD ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF CHARLES Resolved, That there be printed and bound in cloth four thousand additional copies of the report of the joint board upon the improvement of Charles river, one thousand copies to be distributed by the secretary of the Commonwealth in his discretion, one thousand copies to be placed at the disposal of said joint board, and two thousand copies to be divided among the members of the senate and house of representatives from the cities of Boston, Cambridge, Newton and Waltham, and from the towns of Brookline, Watertown and Dedham, giving each such senator and representative an equal number of copies. Approved June 9, 1894. Chap. 85 RESOLVE DIRECTING THE BOARD OF HARBOR AND LAND COMMIS Proposed con. struction of dam and lock in Charles river basin. SIONERS TO INQUIRE INTO THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A Resolved, That the board of harbor and land commissioners are hereby directed to inquire into the construction of a dam and lock in the tidal basin of Charles river, as proposed in the report of the metropolitan park commission and the state board of health, sitting as a joint board, with special reference to interference with tide water and its effect upon the harbor of Boston, giving an opportunity to be heard to persons desiring a hearing thereon, and to report thereon in print to the next general court within ten days from the commencement of the session thereof; and a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars is allowed for necessary expenses of such inquiry and hearing, to be paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth. Approved June 9, 1894. Chap. 86 RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE MESSENGERS Messengers, pages, etc. AND PAGES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth, in addition to the sums now provided by law, the sum of one hundred dollars each, to the doorkeepers, postmaster and messengers of the senate and house of representatives, to the clerk of the sergeant-at-arms, messengers, watchmen and fireman of RESOLVES PROVIDING FOR SUBMITTING TO THE PEOPLE THE AR- Chap. 87 the constitution. Resolved, That the following article of amendment to Amendment to the constitution, having been agreed to by the last and present general courts, and published in the manner required by the constitution, be submitted to the people for their ratification and adoption: ARTICLE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY. RELATIVE ΤΟ of insolvency. So much of article nineteen of the articles of amend- Commissioners ment to the constitution of the Commonwealth as is contained in the following words: "commissioners of insolvency", is hereby annulled. article of amend Resolved, That the people shall be assembled for the Vote upon purpose aforesaid, in their respective polling places in the ment. several cities and towns, in meetings to be legally warned, and held on Tuesday the sixth day of November next, at which meetings all persons qualified to vote for state officers may give in their votes by ballot for or against said article of amendment; and the same officers shall preside in said meetings as in meetings for the choice of state officers, and shall in open meetings receive, sort, count and declare the votes for and against the said article of amendment; and the said votes shall be recorded by the clerks of said cities and towns, and true returns thereof shall be made out under the hands of the mayor and aldermen, and of the selectmen, or a major part of them, and of the clerks of the said cities and towns, respectively, and sealed up, and, within ten days after the said meetings, transmitted to the secretary of the Commonwealth. So far as the same can be made applicable, the provisions of law applicable to the election of state officers shall apply to the taking of the vote on said article of amendment. Ballot. Return of votes to be examined, etc. Governor to make proclama. tion of result. Resolved, That every person qualified to vote as aforesaid may express his opinion on said article of amendment, and the following words shall be printed on the ballot, to wit: Shall the proposed amendment to the constitution relative to commissioners of insolvency be approved and ratified? YES. NO. And if said article shall appear to be approved by a majority of the persons voting thereon, it shall be deemed and taken to be ratified and adopted by the people. Resolved, That his excellency the governor, and the council, shall forthwith open and examine the votes returned as aforesaid; and if it shall appear that said article of amendment has been approved by a majority of the persons voting thereon, according to the votes returned and certified as aforesaid, the same shall be enrolled on parchment, and deposited in the secretary's office as a part of the constitution of the Commonwealth, and shall be published in immediate connection therewith, numbered according to its numerical position, with the articles of amendment of the constitution heretofore adopted, in all future editions of the laws of the Commonwealth printed by public authority. Resolved, That his excellency the governor be, and he hereby is, authorized and requested to issue his proclamation forthwith after the examination of the votes returned as aforesaid, reciting said article of amendment and announcing that said article has been duly adopted and ratified by the people of the Commonwealth, and thus becomes a part of the constitution thereof, and requiring all magistrates and officers and all citizens of the Commonwealth to take notice thereof and govern themselves accordingly, or that said article of amendment has been rejected, as the case may be. Approved June 14, 1894. Chap. 88 RESOLVE PROVIDING FOR PAINTING THE STATE HOUSE AND for Painting and repairs on state house. REPAIRING THE ROOF THEREOF. Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, to be expended by the state house construction commissioners for the following purposes, to wit: A sum not exceeding three thousand dollars for painting the outside of the state house, the color to be |