rules and regulations of the board of managers on file in the office of the revisor of statutes in force and effect on the date this act takes effect shall continue in force and effect until revoked or amended by the Kansas veterans' commission. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1927; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 13; July 1.]

76-1928. Same; enforcement. The superintendent of the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex shall enforce such rules and regulations and he may furlough any member for violation of such rules. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1928; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 14; July 1.].

76-1929. Same; discharge of violating member; notice and hearing.—The Kansas veterans' commission may discharge any member who violates such rules and regulations: Provided, however, No member shall be discharged without notice to such member and a right to be heard concerning such charges. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1929; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 15; July 1.]

76-1930. Same; member seeking injunction or restraining order. If any member shall seek an injunction or restraining order to restrain the Kansas veterans' commission or the officers of such Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex for [from] enforcing such rules and regulations or to restrain disciplinary action, during the pendency of such legal proceedings, such member and his dependents, if any, shall not be entitled to draw subsistence or rations as provided for by such home. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1930; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 16; July 1.]

76-1931. Same; member refusing to vacate premises, when; forfeiture of rights. If any member of such soldiers' home shall refuse to vacate the premises upon receiving a furlough from the officers designated to enforce the rules and regulations, such refusal shall constitute a forfeiture of his right to remain in the home and such member shall be forthwith discharged by the Kansas veterans' commission. [G. S. 1949, § 76–1931 ; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 17; July 1.]

76-1932. Same; legal proceedings. If any member shall refuse to vacate the premises upon being discharged by the Kansas veterans' commission, such member shall forthwith forfeit his right to subsistence and rations for himself and dependents, if any, and the Kansas veterans' commission shall institute legal proceedings to force such member to vacate the premises. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1932; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 18; July 1.]

76-1933. Same; member defined.-The word "member" as used in this act shall refer to any person legally admitted as a member or any dependent of such member, or any person drawing subsistence or quarters in the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex for any reason whatsoever, except the employees of such soldiers' home: Provided, That the word "member" shall not include any person transferred to said soldiers' home from any state hospital or training school. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1933; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 19; July 1.]

76-1934. Same; residence of member.-Any member of such soldiers' home who is admitted for a period of time in excess of eighteen (18) months shall be classified as a resident of the county in which such soldiers' home is located: Provided, however, That any member admitted for a period of time less than eighteen (18) months shall not lose his residence in the county forming the basis of his application for membership nor gain a residence in the county in which such soldiers' home is located. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1934; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 20; July 1.]

76-1935. Custodians of members' funds at home and annex; bond; designation of depositories; funds deposited with state treasurer. The Kansas veterans' commission shall designate a person at the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex who shall be in charge of the member funds at such soldiers' home. The person so designated shall have custody and charge of all moneys belonging to the members, or persons attending the Kansas soldiers' home, which are held for their use, benefit and burial. He shall give a bond, in an amount to be fixed by said Kansas veterans' commission, conditioned up his accounting for all the funds coming under his custody and charge, said bond to be made to the Kansas veterans' commission as trustees for the members or persons attending the soldiers' home. The premium for said bond shall be paid out of the general fund of said soldiers' home. Said Kansas veterans' commission shall designate the bank or banks, in which such moneys shall be deposited, and shall provide that any sums in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) shall be deposited with the state treasurer for safekeeping. Any fund so deposited with the state treasurer shall be held by him, separate and apart from the other funds in his custody, and may be withdrawn by the person designated by said Kansas veterans' commission. [G. S. 1949, § 76-1935; L. 1953, ch. 361, § 21; July 1.]

76-1936. Transfer of patients from state hospitals and training schools to soldiers' home; duty to support. The state director of institutions of the state department of social welfare, with the approval of the state board of social welfare and the Kansas veterans' commission, may transfer patients in the state hospitals at Topeka, Osawatomie and Larned and patients in the Parsons state training school and the Winfield state training school who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States or whose husbands, father or sons have served in the military or naval forces of the United States, to the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex. No such patient who is violently insane or dangerous to the lives or persons of others because of his insanity shall be so transferred to said Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex. Persons so transferred shall not be considered as members of said soldiers' home but shall be considered as patients therein. All of the laws, rules and regulations relating to patients in the state hospitals for the insane shall be applicable to said patients so transferred insofar as the same can be made applicable. Any patient so transferred who is found to be or shall become violently insane or dangerous to the lives or persons of others because of his insanity or conduct or who is determined to need additional psychiatric treatment, shall be retransferred by the superintendent of said soldiers' home, with the approval of the state director of institutions, to the institution from whence he was originally transferred. The following shall be bound by law to support persons so transferred to the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex: Spouses, parents and children. Demand and payment for the maintenance, care and treatment of any such person shall be made at the time and rates and shall be collected and recovered from the estate of such person or from any person bound by law to support such person in like manner as provided by section 59-2006 of the General Statutes Supplement of 1951 or any amendments thereto for the payment, collection and recovery for maintenance, care and treatment of patients committed or received as patients in the state hospitals for the insane. [L. 1953, ch. 361, § 22; July 1.]

Cross reference: Parsons and Winifield training schools, see ch. 76, arts. 14, 16. 76-1937. Same; facilities reserved for persons transferred.-The Kansas veterans' commission shall set aside and reserve at the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex accommodations sufficient to provide housing, recreational, dietary and other necessary facilities for at least four hundred (400) persons who may be transferred to said soldiers' home as provided in section 22 [79-1936] of this act. [L. 1953, ch. 361, § 23 : July 1.]

76-1938. Board of managers abolished; transfer of records and property. The board of managers provided for and created by section 74-2301 of the General Statutes of 1949 is hereby abolished and said board of managers shall transfer, deliver and turn over to the Kansas veterans' commission created by this act all of the property, books, records, files and office equipment of said board of managers or under its control, and the same shall thereafter be under the control and custody of the Kansas veterans' commission. [L. 1953, ch. 361, § 24; July 1.] 76-1939. Farming operations at soldiers' home prohibited; lease of farm lands; disposition of moneys.-The Kansas veterans' commission shall not engage in farming operations on the farm land which are part of the lands of the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex except that said commission may engage in and permit vegetable gardening on a portion of said lands. All such farm lands not needed or used for vegetable gardening shall be rented or leased, from year to year, by said commission: Provided, That if the Kansas state college of agriculture and applied science shall request that such lands be rented or leased to it for agricultural experimental purposes, it shall be given preference when such lands are rented or leased: Provided further, That any such rental or lease agreement shall not include any buildings or improvements other than irrigation pumps and facilities. All moneys derived from the lease or rental of such farm lands shall be paid into the state treasury and the state treasurer shall credit the same to the Kansas soldiers' home and Mother Bickerdyke annex fee fund for the use of said soldiers' ho ne. [L. 1953, ch. 361, § 25; July 1.]

VETERANS HOMES MASSACHUSETTS ACTS, 1943, C. 443

AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO AND TREATMENT AT THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Persons who were in the service of the United States in any branch of the military or naval forces thereof, who enlisted to the credit of this commonwealth, who were engaged in any campaign or expedition that has been recognized by the Congress of the United States, or in the Cuban Pacification campaign between October sixth, nineteen hundred and six and April first, nineteen hundred and nine, the Nicaraguan campaign between August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, the Vera Cruz expedition between April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen and November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen, the Dominican campaigns between May fifth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, the Haiti campaign between July ninth, nineteen hundred and fifteen and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine, or the China expeditionary service between October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty, and who received an honorable discharge from such service, shall be eligible for admission to and treatment at the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts to the same extent as veterans of the world war and of the Mexican border mobilization of the year nineteen hundred and sixteen.

Approved June 5, 1943.

VETERANS HOME

MASSACHUSETTS ACTS, 1953, CHAPTER 450

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS AND OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN HOLYOKE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE RENDERING OF HOSPITAL SERVICES TO QUALIFIED VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR.

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is in part to provide that the contracts authorized thereby may be entered into without delay, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Chapter 501 of the acts of 1951 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "veterans", in lines 5 and 6, the words, including qualified veterans of the Korean war,-so as to read as follows:-The trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with hospital service corporations, and with insurance companies and associations furnishing hospital services, with respect to hospital services for qualified veterans, including qualified veterans of the Korean war, and said trustees are hereby further authorized to contract with the Veterans' Administration with respect to a bed fee to be charged at said homes. Such contracts shall provide for a minimum charge of ten dollars per day in the case of persons, other than domiciliary patients, hospitalized at said homes. Approved June 9, 1953.

VETERANS HOMES ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS 1950 POCKET SUPPLEMENT,

$ 7

§ 7. To Receive Money from the United States for the Soldiers' Homes.-He shall receive from the United States all sums of money paid for the benefit of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke under authority of any act of congress, and such funds shall, subject to appropriation, be available for expenditure for the maintenance of said institutions. (1890, 373, R. L. 6, § 7; 1948, 533, appvd. June 9, 1948; effective 90 days thereafter.)

The 1948 amendment made the section also applicable to the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.

ACTS AND RESOLVES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1952, CHAPTER 597, VETERANS HOMES AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE LAWS RELATING TO VETERANS' BENEFITS.

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

The eighth paragraph of section 2 of chapter 115 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 to 6, inclusive, as appearing in chapter 546 of the acts of 1951, the words "the trustees and commandant of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and the trustees and commandant of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke,".

Approved July 4, 1952.

ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS VETERANS HOMES (1956 POCKET SUPPLEMENT) 84 Pages 4-5

LISTING OF PERSONS TWENTY YEARS OF AGE OR OVER

§4. Registrars or Assistant Registrars to Make Lists of Persons Liable to a Poll Tax.-Except as otherwise provided by law, the registrars, assistant registrars, or one or more of them, shall annually in January or February, visit every building in their respective cities and towns, and, after diligent inquiry, shall make true lists containing, as nearly as they can ascertain, the name, age or date of birth, occupation, nationality if not a citizen of the United States, and residence on January first in the preceding year and in the current year, of every person twenty years of age or older, residing in their respective cities and towns. Any veteran in the soldiers' home in Chelsea shall have the same right as any other resident of that city to be assessed and to vote therein. (1882, 247; 1884, 298, §§ 26, 34; 1885, 271, § 1; 1886, 68, § 1; 264, § 3; 1889, 196; 404, § 1; 1890, 423, § 11; 1892, 351, § 7; 1893, 417, § 16; 1894, 268, § 1; 1898, 548, § 16; 1899; 361, § 1; RL 11, § 15; 1902, 264; 1903, 279, §§ 16, 18; 1906, 481, § 1; 1907, 429; 560, §§ 15, 456; 1909, 344, § 1; 440, §§ 2, 5; 1913, 835, §§ 15, 503; 1915, 91, § 1; 1917, 29, § 1; 106, § 1; 1918, 282, § 1; 1919, 108, § 1; 1923, 131, § 4; 1933, 254, § 5; 1935, 345, § 1; 1937, 1, § 1; 1938, 186, § 1; 440, § 2; 1943, 453, § 13; 1947, 26; 1955, 67, § 1, appvd. Feb. 14, 1955; effective 90 days thereafter.)

Editorial Note-

The 1955 amendment inserted "or date of birth" in this section.

VETERANS HOMES, ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS, CODE 6, §§ 40-41

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS

§ 40. Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.-There shall be a board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, consisting of seven persons, at least five of whom shall be war veterans. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, to serve for seven years. The governor shall designate one of the members as chairman. The members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. (1931, 452, § 3.)

§ 41. Powers and Duties.-Said board of trustees shall have the management and control of said home and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by said home, and shall hold and administer in trust the property included in the "legacy fund" and the "effects accounts", if and when the transfer thereof to the commonwealth is effected pursuant to a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, and in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by such decree. In the management and control of said home as aforesaid, said board of trustees shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as are vested and imposed in the trustees of state hospitals under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-three, so far as applicable. (1931, 452, § 3.)

VETERANS HOMES, ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1956 POCKET
SUPPLEMENT, CODE 6, § 41

BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS

§ 41. Powers and Duties.

Editorial Note.-1952, 628 (appvd. July 5, 1952; effective 90 days thereafter) reads as follows:

Persons who served in the armed forces of the United States under the flag of the United Nations and who received an honorable discharge from said service shall be eligible for admission to and treatment at the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke to the same extent as veterans of World War I and World War II.

VETERANS HOMES, ANNOTATED LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS, VOLUME 10, § 148

[§ 148] Art. XLVI. Exercise of Free Religion Not to Be Prohibited; Expenditure of Public Money for Certain Institutions Prohibited, Exceptions.-(In place of and substitution for article XVIII of the articles of amendment of the constitution.) ARTICLE XVIII. SECTION 1. No law shall be passed prohibiting the free exercise of religion.

SECTION 2. All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the commonwealth for the support of common schools shall be applied to, and expended in, no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is expended; and no grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or authorized by the commonwealth or any political division thereof for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any school or institution of learning, whether under public control or otherwise, wherein any denominational doctrine is inculcated, or any other school, or any college, infirmary, hospital, institution, or educational, charitable or religious undertaking which is not publicly owned and under the exclusive control, order and superintendence of public officers or public agents authorized by the commonwealth or federal authority or both, except that appropriations may be made for the maintenance and support of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and for free public libraries in any city or town, and to carry out legal obligations, if any, already entered into; and no such grant, appropriation or use of public money or property or loan of public credit shall be made or authorized for the purpose of founding, maintaining or aiding any church, religious denomination or society.

SECTION 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the commonwealth, or any political division thereof, from paying to privately controlled hospitals, infirmaries, or institutions for the deaf, dumb or blind not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care or support actually rendered or furnished by such hospitals, infirmaries or institutions to such persons as may be in whole or in part unable to support or care for themselves. SECTION 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any inmate of a publicly controlled reformatory, penal or charitable institution of the opportunity of religious exercises therein of his own faith; but no inmate of such institution shall be compelled to attend religious services or receive religious instruction against his will, or, if a minor, without the consent of his parent or guardian.

SECTION 5. This amendment shall not take effect until the October first next succeeding its ratification and adoption by the people.

Cross references.-This article is a substitute for [§ 120]. For restriction of the credit of the commonwealth, see [§ 192]. As to religious freedom, see [§ 113]. As to schools for deaf and blind, see § 26 of c. 69 and the note thereto. As to payment by towns for tuition and transportation of high school pupils in other towns, see § 6 of c. 71 and the note thereto. As to reimbursement to towns for tuition, see § 8 of c. 71 and the note thereto. As to appropriations by cities and towns for payment of tuition, see § 9 of c. 76 and the note thereto. As to construction of public buildings, see § 15 of c. 143 and the note thereto.

Appropriation to private institution under a pre-existing contract is valid.—An appropriation by the legislature in furtherance of a pre-existing agreement to provide moneys for a term of years to certain private institutions of learning is valid, under this article. 5 Op. A. G. 309.