Department of education. G. S. 34, § 1. P. S. 41, 1. R. L. 39, & 1. 1909, 457, §§ 1, 6. 1919, 350, $$ 56, 57. DIVISION OF IMMIGRATION AND AMERI- 12. Division of immigration and Ameri- MASSACHUSETTS NAUTICAL SCHOOL. 22. Commissioners of Massachusetts nautical school. 23. Commissioners to serve without compensation. SECTION 1. There shall be a department of education, 1837, 241, § 1. in this chapter called the department, which shall be under the supervision and control of a commissioner of education, in this chapter called the commissioner, and an advisory board of education of six members, in sections one to six, inclusive, called the board, of whom at least two shall be women and one shall be a school teacher of the commonwealth. of education. 2. 1838, 159, § 2. SECTION 2. Upon the expiration of the term of office Commissioner of a commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the 1837, 241, governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for five years. The commissioner shall receive such salary, not exceeding nine thousand dollars, as the governor and council may determine. 1864, 99. 1865, 246. 1867, 276. 1876, 110. P. S. 41, 88 1, 4, 8. R. L. 39, 88 1-3. 1909, 457, §§ 1, 3, 6. 1910, 282, § 1. 1912, 80, § 1. 1913, 421, § 1. 183, 49. G. S. 34, §§ 1, 4, 8. 1862, 212. board. 1838, 55. 10. SECTION 3. The governor, with the advice and consent Advisory of the council, shall annually appoint two members of the 1837, 241, § 1. board for three years each. The board shall meet at least G. S. 34, once a month, and at such other times as it may determine by rule and when requested by the commissioner or by any three members. The members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. 1911, 466, § 1. 1912, 80, § 1. 1913, 421, § 1. 1919, 5; 350, §§ 57, 58. 3:11; $81, 10. $81, 4. R. L. 39, 1904, 234, § 2. 1906, 505, 1909, 457, $ 1.6. 1. 1910, 282, § 1; 491. duties of 1909, 457, § 3. 1911, 466, § 1. SECTION 4. The commissioner shall be the executive Certain and administrative head of the department. He shall commissioner. have charge of the administration and enforcement of all Divisions in laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the ment. department to administer and enforce, and shall be chairman of the board. He shall organize in the department a division of public libraries, a division of immigration and Americanization, a division of the blind and such other divisions as he may determine. Each division shall be in charge of a director and shall be under the general supervision of the commissioner. 1910, 282, 1. 1912, 80, § 1. 1918, 257, 1919, 5; 350, $$ 58, 59, 1913, 421, § 1. § 168. 1920, 2; 72. clerical 1838, 55. 1857, Res. 22. §§ 8-10. SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided in this chap- Directors and ter, directors of divisions of the department shall be ap- assistants. pointed and may be removed by the commissioner, with 1837, 241, § 2. the approval of the board. The commissioner shall fix 1849, 215, § 3. the compensation of such directors, subject to the approval G. S. 34, of the governor and council. Except in the case of the 1862, 212. teachers' retirement board, the division of public libraries, 1865, 246. the division of the blind and institutions under the depart- 1876, 110. ment, the commissioner may appoint such agents, clerks $41. and other assistants as the work of the department may 1885, 227. require, may assign them to divisions, transfer and remove 1895, 132. them and fix their compensation, but none of such em- 1901, 262. 1864, 99. 1867, 276. §§ 8-10. 1894, 176. 1896, 429. R. L. 39, §§ 3, 4, 9. 1904, 234. 1906, 505, § 1. 1909, 457, 3. 1. 1910, 282, § 1. 1911, 466, 1912, 80, § 1. 1913, 421, § 1. ployees shall have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the publication or sale of any text or school book, or article of school supply used in the public schools of the commonwealth. commonwealth. For the compensation of such agents, clerks and other assistants as it may employ, for conferences and conventions of teachers held under the direc1917, 321, § 1. tion of the department, and for traveling and other necessary expenses incurred by the members and subordinates, the department may be allowed such sums as may annually be appropriated. 1915, 294, §§ 1, 2, 7. 1918, 257, $168. 1919, 5; 350, $60. 1920, 2. Advisory council, etc., for university extension and SECTION 6. The commissioner, with the approval of the board, may appoint and define the functions of a state correspondence advisory council and local advisory councils in connection with university extension and correspondence courses, and with the approval of the governor and council may rent suitable offices. courses. 1915, 294, §§ 2, 4. 1919, 350, §§ 56, 58. State board for vocational education. 1921, 402, § 2. SECTION 6A. (As enacted by section 2, chapter 402, Acts of 1921.) The commissioner and the advisory board of education are hereby constituted and designated as the state board for vocational education to co-operate with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the act of congress approved June second, nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry and otherwise and their return to civil employment" and to secure for the commonwealth the benefits thereof. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section twenty-two A of chapter seventyfour the said state board for vocational education shall be furnished with suitable quarters in the state house and may expend for salaries and other necessary expenses such amount as shall annually be appropriated therefor by the general court, together with any funds received by the state treasurer from the federal government under the provisions of said act. Chapter 462, Acts of 1921, provides as follows: AN ACT ACCEPTING THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS SECTION 1. The commonwealth of Massachusetts hereby accepts the provisions of the act of congress approved June second, nineteen hundred and twenty, entitled "An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry and otherwise and their return to civil employment." DIVISION FOR THE TRAINING OF DISABLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS. the training soldiers and §§ 56, 58. SECTION 7. The commissioner may establish a division Division for to carry out the purposes of section thirty-nine of chapter of disabled seventy-four, consisting of a director and an advisory sales. board. Said board shall consist of the commissioner of 1918, 230, $$ 1, 2. education, who shall be chairman, the chief surgeon of the 1919, 350, land forces of the militia, the commissioner of public health, the commissioner of labor and industries, who shall be the executive secretary, the commissioner of mental diseases, the chairman of the industrial accident board and the supervisor of administration, ex officiis, and nine other persons who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and shall serve without compensation. DIVISION OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 1919, 350, § 59. commissioners. SECTION 8. The division of public libraries shall con- Division of sist of the board of free public library commissioners, the public libraries. chairman of which shall be the director of said division. SECTION 9. The board of free public library commis- Board of free sioners, in sections nine to eleven, inclusive, called the public library library board, shall consist of five persons, residents of the 1890, 347, § 1. commonwealth, one of whom shall annually be appointed R. L. 38, § 11. by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for five years. The governor shall designate the chairman of the library board. 1918, 127. 1897, 134. to serve without pay. 1890, 347, § 6. R. L. 38, § 12. 1910, 396, § 2. 1914, 373, § 2. board. 1910, 396, 1914, 522. 1. 1913, 668, § 1. SECTION 10. No member of the library board shall re- Commissioners ceive any compensation, but it may annually expend not more than the amount appropriated for clerical assistance and for other necessary expenses. SECTION 11. The library board, with the consent of the Agents of the governor and council, may appoint a general secretary and adviser for not exceeding three years, whose salary shall be paid from the appropriation authorized by the preceding section. The library board, with the consent of the governor and council, may also appoint an agent for not exceeding five years, at a salary to be fixed by it, and, with the consent of the governor and council, an agent or secretary to direct educational work for the benefit of the alien population of the commonwealth, at such salary as it may fix. The library board, by a majority vote of its members, may remove from office any person appointed under this section. Division of immigration and Ameri.canization. 1917, 321, § 1 1919, 350, 59. 1920, 72. 1921, 449, § 1. DIVISION OF IMMIGRATION AND AMERICANIZATION. SECTION 12. (As amended by chapter 449, Acts of 1921.) The division of immigration and Americanization shall consist of a director and an advisory board of six persons. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director of the division, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. Two members of the advisory board shall be appointed annually for three years each, by the governor, with like advice and consent. Said board shall meet at least once a month, and at such other times as it may determine by rule and when requested by the director or by any three members. The director and members of said board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their actual necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Division of the blind. DIVISION OF THE BLIND. SECTION 13. The division of the blind shall consist of 1919, 350, § 59. the commission for the blind. The director of said commission shall be the director of said division. Commission for the blind. 1906, 385, 88 1, 7. 1918, 266, 88 1, 2. Agents and teachers. 1918, 266, § 3. SECTION 14. The commission for the blind shall consist of a director, at such salary, not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars, as the governor and council determine, and five associate members, who shall serve without compensation. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a director, his successor shall be appointed for five years by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. One associate member shall annually be appointed by the governor, with like advice and consent, for five years. Said director and associate members shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. SECTION 15. The director, with the approval of the 1906, 385, § 7. commission for the blind, may appoint, at such compensation as he may fix, such agents, teachers and subordinate officers as said commission may deem necessary, and may remove them with the approval of said commission, but no person employed by him shall be a member thereof. |