he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the said credits, or such credits as have been given and money paid in addition thereto, shall equal the amount of the fine or the fine and expenses; and in such case no further action shall be taken to enforce payment of said fine or fine and expenses. Approved February 18, 1916. AN ACT TO PERMIT THE GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS TO Chap. 4 ORGANIZE FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES WITHOUT THE LODGE SYSTEM. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: etc., amended. certain schools fraternal bene system. Clause b of section twelve of chapter six hundred and 1911, 628, § 12. twenty-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eleven, as amended by section two of chapter six hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen and by chapter thirty-nine of the General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, is hereby further amended by inserting after the word "denomination", in the third line, the words: - or to the graduates of a designated professional or vocational school, so that said clause will read as follows:-b. In case the corporation Graduates of limits its membership to the members of a particular fraternal may organize beneficiary corporation, fraternity or religious denomination, fit societies or to the graduates of a designated professional or vocational without lodge school, or to the employees or ex-employees of cities or towns or of the commonwealth or the federal government, or to the employees or ex-employees of a designated firm, business house or corporation, or of any department of a designated firm, business house or corporation, to persons of the same foreign extraction retaining common national interests and designation, or of the same occupation, the agreement of association shall state the maximum amount of the benefits to be paid, and designate to which one of the classes herein specified its membership is to be limited. A corporation so limiting its membership may be on the lodge system, and if not, shall be governed by a direct vote of its members without the lodge system; but a corporation not so limiting its membership shall be on the lodge system, with a representative form of government as defined in sections two and three of this act. Approved February 18, 1916. Chap. 1910, 375, § 2, amended. by domestic insurance companies. 5 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE INVESTMENTS OF DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES IN MORTGAGE LOANS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section two of chapter three hundred and seventy-five of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and ten is hereby amended by inserting after the word "shall", in the first. line, the words: except in effecting the sale of real estate owned by it, and then only with the approval of the insurance commissioner, so as to read as follows: SecMortgage loans tion 2. No domestic insurance company shall, except in effecting the sale of real estate owned by it, and then only with the approval of the insurance commissioner, invest any of its funds in loans upon mortgages except upon the conditions expressed in sub-division 4 of section thirtyseven of said chapter five hundred and seventy-six, as amended by section one of this act, provided that the investments of companies organized under the tenth clause of section thirty-two of said chapter five hundred and seventysix shall be subject to no greater restrictions hereunder than those imposed by section sixty-four of said chapter. Approved February 18, 1916. Chap. 6 R. L. 91, § 67, etc., amended. Taking of pickerel regulated. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE TAKING OF PICKEREL. Section sixty-seven of chapter ninety-one of the Revised Laws, as amended by chapter three hundred and twentynine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and four, is hereby further amended by striking out the words "with intent to sell", in the fourth line, so as to read as follows: Section 67. Whoever takes from the waters of this Commonwealth a pickerel less than ten inches in length, or sells or offers for sale, or has in his possession any such pickerel, shall forfeit one dollar for each pickerel so taken, held in possession, sold or offered or exposed for sale; and in prosecutions under the provisions of this section the possession of pickerel less than ten inches in length shall be prima facie evidence to convict. Approved February 18, 1916. AN ACT TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR HUNTING BIRDS OR Chap. 7 QUADRUPEDS WITH RIFLES, REVOLVERS OR PISTOLS DURING THE OPEN SEASON FOR DEER. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. Chapter five hundred and forty-two of the acts of the 1913, 542, year nineteen hundred and thirteen is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new section: Section 3. Any Penalty for person violating any provision of this act shall be punished during certain by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars for season. each offence. Approved February 18, 1916. hunting, etc., AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS Chap. 8 OF STUDENTS TO DRILL AND PARADE WITH FIREARMS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. drilling for SECTION 1. Chapter six hundred and four of the acts of 1908, 604, § 170, the year nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended by striking out section one hundred and seventy and inserting in place thereof the following:-Section 170. No body of Unauthorized men, except the volunteer militia, the troops of the United biddon, etc. States and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston, shall maintain an armory or associate together at any time as a company or organization, for drill or parade with firearms; nor so drill or parade, nor shall any city or town raise or appropriate money toward arming, equipping, uniforming, supporting, or providing drill rooms or armories for any such body of men: provided, that associations wholly Proviso. composed of soldiers honorably discharged from the service of the United States may parade in public with arms, upon the reception of any regiments or companies of soldiers returning from said service, and for escort duty at the burial of deceased soldiers, with the written permission of the mayor and aldermen of the city or selectmen of the town in which they desire to parade; that students in educational institutions where military science is a prescribed part of the course of instruction, and, also students who are enrolled in a military organization approved by the secretary of war or navy of the United States and over which an officer of the United States army or navy or the Massachusetts volunteer militia has supervision, may, with the approval of the governor and under such conditions as he may prescribe, drill and parade with firearms in public, under the superintendence of their instructors; that foreign troops who have Certain stu dents may drill, etc. Color guards of certain organizations may parade, etc. been admitted into the United States with the consent of SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 9 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE County commissioners of Berkshire county may expend addi tional sum for COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE TO EXPEND AN ADDITIONAL SUM Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The county commissioners of the county of Berkshire are hereby authorized to expend, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, in addition to the sums heretomaking certain fore authorized, for the purpose of making copies of certain records in the registry of deeds for the middle district in said county, as provided by chapter four hundred and seventy-eight of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. records. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Chap. 10 AN ACT TO DEFINE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE ANNUAL Purpose for which appropriation for APPROPRIATION FOR THE FURNISHING, REPAIR AND CARE OF UNITED STATES SHIPS MAY BE USED. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The annual appropriation for the furnishing, repair and care of any United States ships loaned to the United States used, defined. commonwealth of Massachusetts for the use of the naval care, etc., of militia shall be available for the payment of all damages ships may be and other expenses incident to the use of such ships. Claims for damages shall be paid only when approved by the adjutant general, and the releases obtained shall be in such form as he may prescribe. paid. SECTION 2. Claims for damages including those ascer- Claims, how tained during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen may be paid from the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the amount of damage is ascertained, without regard to the date of the actual occurrence of the damage. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS OF Chap. 11 CORPORATIONS LICENSED AS INSURANCE AGENTS AND BROKERS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: § 2, amended. commissioner Section two of chapter eighty-two of the General Acts of 1915, 82 (G), the year nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby amended by striking out the word "three", in the eighth line, and inserting in place thereof the word: five, so as to read as follows: Section 2. The insurance commissioner may Insurance require any such corporation, upon making an application may require for a license or for the renewal of a license, to file with him certain corposuch information as he may request relating to the corpora- tion, etc. tion and its officers, directors and stockholders, and the commissioner may make such examination of the corporation's affairs as he may deem necessary. Every such license shall designate the officers of the corporation, not exceeding five, who may solicit or negotiate contracts of insurance in the name and in behalf of the corporation. Approved February 23, 1916. rations to furnish informa AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN EMPLOYEES FROM MEDICAL Chap. 12 EXAMINATION FOR LIFE INSURANCE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: amended. Section seventy-one of chapter five hundred and seventy- 1907, 576, § 71, six of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven is hereby amended by adding at the end of the first paragraph the words:except that an inspection by a competent person of a group of employees whose lives are to be insured and their environment may be substituted for such medical |