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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1957. 1341 T h u r s d a y , August 1, 1957. Met according to adjournment. The following prayer was offered by the Reverend Richard B. Gibbs of Belmont: — Almighty God, make us to feel that we are not alone; that when Prayer ordered we are seeking truth most sincerely, when we are speaking truth pimted' most bravely, we are least alone. A great cloud of witnesses are about us, a great company of the like-minded are with us. So in our journey we are companioned by all those who have loved righteousness and sought truth and clone justice. Amen. On motion of Mr. Mahar, the above prayer was ordered printed in the Journal of the Senate. Bills Recalled from the Governor. On motion of Mr. Graham, it was voted that a message be sent foaldoTrWs- to His Excellency the Governor requesting the return to the Sen- tration, etc. ate of the engrossed Bill relative to membership of the Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and of Land Surveyors, and regulating the practice of professional engineering and of land surveying (see Senate, No. 698, amended). Mr. Graham was appointed the messenger. Subsequently, the bill was returned. On motion of Mr. Keith) it was voted that a message be sent aSyT to His Excellency the Governor requesting the return to the Senate of the engrossed Bill providing that certain cities and towns may establish by ordinance the weekly hours of duty of perma­ nent fire fighters at less than forty-eight hours (see House, No. 2967). Mr. Keith was appointed the messenger. Subsequently, the bill was returned. Reports of Committees. By Mr. Mahar, for the committee on Ways and Means, that L^diuonaT’ the House Bill authorizing the State Airport Management Board hangars, etc. to build four additional hangars and an air freight terminal at General Edward Lawrence Logan Airport and to enter into a lease therefor (House, No. 3277, amended), — ought to pass, with an amendment striking out section 1, as amended, and inserting in place thereof the following new section: — “S e c t io n 1. The commissioner of airport management is hereby authorized and directed to further develop the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport by having built thereon four hangars and an air freight terminal, with the approval of the state airport management board and of the Massachusetts port authority, and said board and said authority shall specify satisfactory plans and specifications for and satisfactory locations of the proposed 1342 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, hangars and freight terminal; provided, however, that before any money provided for by this act is expended for any purpose what­ soever said commissioner shall secure binding leases for terms of not more than twenty-five years, with the approval of the governor and council, and of the Massachusetts port authority, with respon­ sible air transportation companies providing, in addition to all other airport charges, an annual hangar and freight terminal rental thereunder sufficient to amortize the total cost of such hangars and air freight terminal, including the interest provided for in section two of this act, within the terms of such leases, pro­ vided, further, that the provisions of this act shall not permit the extension of the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport toward the town of Winthrop or the mainland of the East Boston district of the city of Boston; nor shall any hangars or buildings authorized by this act be constructed west of the existing Eastern Airline’s hangar. Said leases shall provide that upon the airport properties being transferred to the Massachusetts port authority the annual hangar and freight terminal rental shall be proportionately increased by that amount, if any, by which the interest on bonds issued by the said authority for the purpose of acquiring the airport property exceeds the interest provided for in section two of this act, so that any such increase in interest shall be borne in the aggregate by the lessees hereunder. No such lease shall be assigned or transferred except with the approval of the governor and council, and of said authority; and, by the Massa­ chusetts port authority after the transfer of the airport properties to said authority.” (Senators Fleming, Umana and Gibney dis­ senting); and Bristol, Essex and Norfolk By Mr. Graham, for the same committee, that the House Bill counties, —• school con­ making the counties of Bristol, Essex and Norfolk eligible for struction State school construction grants for the construction and enlarge­ grants. ment of certain agricultural schools in said counties (House, No. 2908, amended), — ought to pass, with amendments in section 5, striking out, in line 30, the word “one-third” and inserting in place thereof the word “one-fourth”; and striking out, in line 36, the word “twenty-five” and inserting in place thereof the word “twenty”; Severally placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session for a second reading, with the amendments pending. mittee onWays By Mr. Mahar, for the same committee, on the Senate Bill au- and Means, — thorizing the Department of Natural Resources to establish a recess study, recreational area in the town of Adams (Senate, No. 11); the Senate Bill relative to the reallocation in the salary schedule for the pay plan of the Commonwealth of certain positions in the Division of Employment Security (Senate, No. 120); the Senate Bill establishing the salary of the Adjutant General of the Com­ monwealth (Senate, No. 408, changed); the Senate Bill increas­ ing the salaries of judges of probate and insolvency (Senate, No. 423); the Senate Bill providing for the payment by municipalities of increased sums for the funeral and burial expenses of certain poor and indigent persons and for State reimbursement therefor in un­ settled cases (Senate, No. 610); the Senate Bill relative to salaries THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1957. 1343 of the members of the Board of Registration of Hairdressers (Sen­ ate, No. 661); the Senate Bill providing for reimbursement by the Commonwealth to cities and towns of part of the cost of cer­ tain public assistance, and for payment of all the costs of such public assistance in certain cases, and abolishing “settlements” with reference to applicants for and recipients of such assistance (Senate, No. 726); the Senate Bill increasing the salaries of the members of the Board of Registration of Barbers (printed as House, No. 1063, changed); the Senate Resolve authorizing and directing the Department of Public Works to make an investi­ gation and study relative to the costs of constructing a highway including a bridge or tunnel over a portion of Boston Harbor connecting the north and south shores (Senate, No. 255); the re­ committed Senate Resolve establishing an unpaid special commis­ sion to make an investigation and study relative to the salaries of certain justices and court officers (Senate, No. 668); the House Bill increasing the salary of the Commissioner of Education (House, No. 23, changed and amended); the House Bill increas­ ing the compensation of members of minimum wage boards (House, No. 42); the House Bill providing for salary adjustments for members of the board of review in the Division of Employment Security (House, No. 285, amended); the House Bill providing for an increase in the salaries of the chairman and members of the Industrial Accident Board (House, No. 569, changed); the House Bill authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to estab­ lish a State park in the area of Indian River and Indian Pond in the towns of Pembroke and Hanover (House, No. 740); the House Bill authorizing and directing the Metropolitan District Commis­ sion to take certain land in the Dorchester district of the city of Boston by eminent domain and to construct and maintain a play­ ground and recreational facility thereon (House, No. 1634); the House Bill increasing the salaries of the assistant commissioner and associate commissioners of the Department of Labor and In­ dustries (House, No. 1670, changed); the House Bill to adjust the salaries of the chairman and members of the Appellate Tax Board (House, No. 1917, changed); the House Bill increasing the salary of the Director of Civil Service (House, No. 1919, changed); the House Bill adding a representative of labor to the advisory com­ mittee on correction and to permit voluntary work for the Com­ monwealth by certain inmates of correctional institutions (House, No. 2869); the House Bill increasing the salary of the Secretary of the Judicial Council (House, No. 3050); the recommitted House Bill providing for enlargement of the Commonwealth scholarship program (House, No. 3059, amended); the House Bill providing tenure for certain employees of the Commonwealth after three years’ service (House, No. 3139, amended); the House Bill rela­ tive to certain scholarships (printed in House, No. 3188, App. K); the House Bill relative to establishing a mobile blood collection unit (House, No. 3191); the House Bill providing for the appoint­ ment of certain personnel to State schools under the control of the Department of Mental Health (House, No. 3208); the House Bill establishing a procedure for disposing of certain grievances of employees of the Commonwealth (House, No. 3234); the House 1344 JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, Bill restricting the allocation of any increase in grants to the Commonwealth by the federal government to the recipients of aid (House, No. 3241); the House Bill establishing the medical, dental and nursing scholarship board (House, No. 3253); the House Bill to provide for the establishment of an office of public employees in the Division of Industrial Accidents (House, No. 3276); the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 418) of Maurice A. Donahue for legislation relative to the salaries of the superintendents of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts and the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke; and the petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.

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