6 disbarred shall be stricken from the legislative dockets upon which 7 it is entered, and shall not be again placed thereon, nor shall he be 8 employed as legislative counsel or agent within three years after his 9 disbarment. 1 lative dockets. SECTION 30. The legislative dockets for each year shall be closed Opening, closing, and dispo2 upon the prorogation of the general court, and the dockets for sition of legis 3 the ensuing year shall then be opened. Within thirty days after 1890, 456, § 5. 4 such prorogation the sergeant-at-arms shall deposit the legislative 5 dockets for the session in the office of the secretary of the common6 wealth. 1894, 298. file statement with secretary monwealth. 1891, 223, § 2. 1 SECTION 31. Within thirty days after the prorogation of the gen- Employers to 2 eral court every person, corporation or association appearing upon of expenses 3 the legislative dockets of the session as employers of any legislative of the com4 counsel or agent shall render to the secretary of the commonwealth 1890, 456, § 6. 5 a complete and detailed statement, under oath, of all expenses 6 incurred or paid in connection with the employment of legislative 7 counsel or agents, or with promoting or opposing legislation. Such 8 statements shall be in such form as the secretary of the common9 wealth may prescribe and shall be open to public inspection. 1 SECTION 32. A person, corporation or association violating any 2 provision of sections twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty3 seven and thirty-one shall, for each offence, be punished by a fine 4 of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. 5 Any person acting as legislative counsel or agent contrary to the 6 provisions of sections twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six and 7 twenty-seven shall, in addition to such fine, be disbarred from 8 acting as legislative counsel or agent for three years from the date 9 of such conviction. The attorney general shall cause prosecutions 10 to be instituted for the violation of the provisions of sections twenty11 three, twenty-five to twenty-eight inclusive, thirty and thirty-one. 1 Penalties. 1896, 342, § 3. 1890, 456, § 7. Certain see tions not to SECTION 33. Sections twenty-three to thirty-two inclusive shall 2 not apply to the employment by a city or town of its solicitor to apply to city or 3 represent it in any legislative proceeding. NOTES. There seems to be no statutory provision for the organization of the senate. Such a provision would appropriately be embraced in this chapter. Appreciating the regard for precedent and traditional practice on the part of the legislature, the commissioners have not included in the revision any provision bearing upon the subject. Sect. 22. In the revision of Pub. Sts. c. 2, § 34, and amendments thereto, the days upon which the general court shall hold no session for the transaction of ordinary business are not stated, but they are referred to as legal holidays and a definition of the term is provided for in chapter 8. Sect. 29. St. 1890, c. 456, § 4 has been rewritten. The legislature has authority without its own enactment to provide rules for regulating the employment of legislative counsel and agents and the manner and form of keeping legislative dockets. The commission, however, has provided proceedings for disbarment. town solicitors. 1890, 456, § 8. Salary of governor. 1780, 5. 1788, 57. - of lieu tenant governor. 1818, 97, § 1. R. S. 13, § 3. 1843, 9, § 1. 1858, 78, § 3. G. S. 14, § 2. Salary of mem- Travelling expenses of lieutenant governor and council. 1858, 78, §§ 2, 3. 1859, 7. G. S. 14, § 2. 1872, 328, § 3. CHAPTER 4. OF THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL. SECTION 1. The governor shall receive an annual salary of eight 1 thousand dollars, and shall not be entitled to any fees or perquisites. 2 1818, 88. 1843, 9, § 1. G.S. 14, § 1. 1879, 35, § 1. 1884, 328. SECTION 2. The lieutenant governor shall receive an annual 1 salary of two thousand dollars; but if the office of governor shall 2 be vacant for a period of more than thirty days he shall, for the 3 time during which he performs the duties of governor, receive at 4 the rate allowed to the governor. 1872, 328. 1876, 214. 1879, 35, § 2. P. S. 15, § 2. 1896, 347. 5 SECTION 3. Each member of the council shall receive an annual 1 salary of eight hundred dollars. 1872, 328, § 3. 1876, 214. 1879, 35, § 2. P. S. 15, § 3. 2 SECTION 4. The lieutenant governor and each member of the 1 council shall be paid for his travel from his abode to the place of 2 sitting of the governor and council, and return, such amounts as 3 he certifies in writing that he has actually expended therefor in the 4 performance of his official duties. 5 SECTION 5. The governor may appoint a private secretary who 1 shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor and shall re- 2 ceive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars. 1876, 214, § 3. 1879, 35, § 4. P. S. 15, § 5. 1885, 77. 1891, 411, § 1. 3 SECTION 6. The governor, with the advice and consent of the 1 council, may appoint an executive secretary and a messenger, each 2 of whom shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor and 3 council and shall perform the duties required of him by the gov- 4 ernor or by the governor and council. The executive secretary 5 shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars and the mes- 6 senger an annual salary of twelve hundred dollars. 7 SECTION 7. The governor, with the advice and consent of the 1 council, may appoint a stenographer for the executive department 2 who shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor and shall 3 receive such compensation for his services, not exceeding fifteen 4 hundred dollars a year, as the governor and council determine. 5 SECTION 8. An amount not exceeding three thousand dollars 1 shall be allowed annually by the commonwealth for the expenses 2 of the executive department. 1879, 208. P. S. 15, § 7. 3 SECTION 9. An amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars 1 shall be appropriated each year for carrying out the provisions of 2 sections one hundred and twenty to one hundred and twenty-seven 3 4 inclusive, of chapter sixteen, for the entertainment of the president 5 of the United States and other distinguished guests while visiting 6 or passing through this commonwealth and for extraordinary ex7 penses, not otherwise provided for, which the governor and council 8 may deem necessary. council to commonwealth 1 SECTION 10. The governor and council shall co-operate in behalf Governor and 2 of the commonwealth in all scientific surveys made by the United represent the 3 States government of harbors, rivers, shores or waters within the in government 4 commonwealth, and shall represent the commonwealth in relation P. S. 15, § 8. 5 to such surveys, and protect its interests therein. NOTES. - Sect. 2. It was manifestly the intention of the legislature, by the St. 1896, c. 347, to equalize the salary of the governor and of the lieutenant governor when performing the duties of governor, and this section has been so expressed as to accomplish that end. If, hereafter, the salary of the governor is increased or diminished, the salary of the lieutenant governor, acting as governor, will correspond in amount without the necessity of a new enactment therefor. Sect. 4. The provisions as to the payment of the expenses of the lieutenant governor and council contained in Pub. Sts. c. 15, § 4, were intricate, and were applicable to a period when the council regularly met only during the annual session of the legislature. At present the council meets regularly throughout the year, and the members are paid all their travelling expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The section has therefore been redrafted to conform to present usage. surveys. 1 CHAPTER 5. OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. bond of secre R. S. 13, §§ 9, 11. SECTION 1. The secretary of the commonwealth shall receive an Salary and 2 annual salary of thirty-five hundred dollars. He shall make a quar3 terly return under oath to the governor and council of all fees of 4 office received by him, and give to the treasurer and receiver gen5 eral a bond, with sureties approved by the governor and council, 6 conditioned satisfactorily to account for all money received by him 7 in his official capacity. 1870, 380. 1876, 218, § 1. 1888, 385. 1879, 79, § 1. tary: 1818, 97. 143, 3, 1859, 221. 1864, 300. G. S. 14, § 3. 1865, 247, § 4. 1866, 298, § 4. salaries. 1820, 74. 13. 1 SECTION 2. He may employ in his office five permanent clerks; His clerks, etc., 2 the first at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year, the second and their 3 at a salary of twenty-two hundred dollars a year, the chief of the Cashier. 4 archives division, at a salary of two thousand dollars a year, an R. S. 13, §§ 12, 5 engrossing clerk and a corporation clerk each at a salary of four- 1837, 167. 6 teen hundred dollars a year. He may employ a cashier, for 1845, 113. 7 whose conduct he shall be accountable, and such additional clerks, 1853, 275. 8 messengers and other assistance as may be necessary for the 9 spatch of public business; but no such person shall receive 10 pensation at a rate exceeding twelve hundred dollars a year. 1 123 SECTION 3. If the secretary is disabled from performing his official duties his deputies shall perform the same during such dis3 ability or until another secretary is chosen or appointed. P. S. 15, § 11. 133. 1859, 221. G. S. 15 § 4. 1865, 247, § 5. 1866, 298, § 5. Custody of - of books relating to Maine lands. 1883, 99. - of stereotype plates. Res. 1879, 5. P. S. 15, § 13. Purchase of paper. Res. 1882, 56. 1885, 319. Notice of expiration of SECTION 4. The secretary shall have the custody of the great 1 seal of the commonwealth; and copies of records and papers in his 2 department, certified by him and authenticated by said seal, shall 3 be evidence in like manner as the originals. 4 SECTION 5. He shall have the custody of the books of records 1 of grants and conveyances of land formerly held by the common- 2 wealth and situated in the state of Maine, and of all other books 3 and records relating to the same. SECTION 6. He shall have the custody of all stereotype, electro- 1 type, steel and copper plates and of all wood cuts, owned by the 2 commonwealth, and may dispose of them as in his judgment the 3 best interests of the commonwealth require. 4 SECTION 7. He shall purchase the paper which is used in the 1 execution of the contract for state printing at the lowest market 2 prices, and each purchase shall be subject to the approval of the 3 governor and council. He shall furnish to the superintendent of 4 the Massachusetts reformatory such of said paper as he may need 5 to fill any order for printing which he may receive from any depart- 6 ment of the state government for such printing as is not included in 7 the contract with the state printers. 8 SECTION 8. He shall send by mail to every justice of the peace, 1 commissions. special commissioner or notary public a notice of the time of the 2 expiration of his or her commission, not more than thirty nor less 3 than fourteen days before such expiration. 1865, 231, § 1. P. S. 15, § 14. 1899, 178, § 1. Annual list of Annual report. 1892, 262, § 2. 1893, 148, § 1. 1896, 443, § 6. Abstract of certificates. 1851, 133, § 14. G. S. 61, § 13. 1870, 224, § 62. P. S. 106, § 2. 1891, 360, § 5. 4 SECTION 9. He shall annually, in January, send to the city and 1 town clerks and registrars a list of all justices of the peace desig- 2 nated under the provisions of section thirty-two of chapter one 3 hundred and fifty-one, with the dates of expiration of their com- 4 missions, and notice of any revocation of a designation. 5 SECTION 10. He shall, in addition to the special reports required 1 by law, annually in January make to the general court a report of 2 the transactions of his department for the preceding year. He shall 3 include therein the returns of the number of liquor licenses granted 4 by the several cities and towns, the amount received for the same 5 and the votes of the cities and towns on the question of granting 6 the same; the returns by the sheriffs of the several counties, of 7 money received by them and the number of days they have at- 8 tended upon a court of record and upon the county commissioners. 9 SECTION 11. He shall annually prepare, cause to be printed 1 and on the first Wednesday of January submit to the general court, 2 a true abstract from the certificates required by chapter one hun- 3 dred and ten to be deposited with him, a statement of the names of 4 all corporations changed under the provisions of sections nine, ten 5 and eleven of chapter one hundred and nine, [and the names of all 6 corporations dissolved]. NOTE. Sect. 10. It is suggested that the words in brackets be added to provide that the abstract shall include the names of corporations dissolved, authority having been given the secretary by St. 1898, c. 502 to annul certificates of incorporation. 7 CHAPTER 6. OF THE TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL, THE AUDITOR OF AC- SECTIONS 1-12. - The Treasurer and Receiver General. SECTIONS 13-25.- The Auditor of Accounts. SECTIONS 26-81.- Matters of Finance. 1 THE TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL. give bond. P. S. 16, § 14. SECTION 1. The treasurer and receiver general shall give a Treasurer to 2 bond with at least three sureties approved by the governor and 179, 15. 3 council, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, payable to R. S. 13, § 14. 4 the commonwealth, conditioned that he and all persons employed G. §. 15, §. 5 in his department shall faithfully discharge their duties and trusts; 6 that he shall use all necessary and reasonable diligence and care in 7 the safe keeping and lawful disposition of all money, bonds, notes, 8 papers, books and other things pertaining to his office, which shall 9 come to his hands or to the hands of the persons employed by 10 him; that he shall, upon reasonable notice, render true accounts 11 of his doings, when thereto required by law or by the senate or 12 house of representatives; that he shall deliver over to his successor 13 in office or to such other person as may be authorized to receive 14 the same, all money, bonds, notes, papers, books and other things 15 belonging to said office; and that all balances and defalcations 16 which shall appear against him shall be forthwith paid by him into 17 the treasury of the commonwealth. 1 SECTION 2. The bond shall be deposited in the office of the sec- Bond, place of 2 retary of the commonwealth, and, upon the order of the governor deposit and 3 with the advice and consent of the council, or upon the order of the 1791, 59, § 4. 4 general court, the attorney general, or any other person by them G. S. 15, 10. 5 authorized for that purpose, shall commence an action thereon and 6 prosecute it to final judgment, execution and satisfaction. R. S. 13, § 15. treasurer. Amend. const. 1791, 59, § 2. § 1 SECTION 3. If any person represents under oath that the treas- Removal of 2 urer is insane or manifestly insolvent, or has absconded or con3 cealed himself, or is absent from the commonwealth or from the art 17 4 duties of his office to the hazard of the public treasury, the governor, R. S. 13, 16. 5 with the advice and consent of the council, if upon examination P. S. 16, § 16. 6 such representation appears to be true, shall remove the treasurer 7 from office and declare the office vacant. 1 salary; clerks and their SECTION 4. The treasurer and receiver general shall receive an Treasurer's 2 annual salary of five thousand dollars. He may employ in his sales 3 department a chief clerk at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars aries. 4 a year; a second clerk or bookkeeper and a cashier, each at a sal- 1820, 74. 5 ary of two thousand dollars a year; a third clerk or interest clerk, 22. 6 a fund clerk, a receiving teller and a paying teller, each at a salary 1843, 9. 7 of fourteen hundred dollars a year; an assistant bookkeeper at a 1847, 209. 8 salary of twelve hundred dollars a year; a legacy tax clerk at a sal- 1854, 131, §§ 1, 2. 9 ary of eighteen hundred dollars a year, and a messenger at a salary G.S.15, § 12. 10 of not more than nine hundred dollars a year. He may also an- 1864, 300. 1845, 105. 440, 1. 1857, 269, § 1. |