Excerpt from The Massachusetts Laws: Relating to Insane Persons and Other Classes Under the Supervision of the Department of Mental Diseases; As Consolidated and Arranged January, 1, 1921, Together With Additional Laws to January 1, 1922 He may, with the approval of the governor and council, appoint and fix the compensation of an assistant commis sioner, who shall discharge the duties of the commissioner during his absence or disability and perform such other duties as the commissioner may prescribe. The com missioner shall appoint and may remove such agents and subordinate officers as the department may deem neces sary, and shall fix their compensation. Physicians, pathologists, and psychiatrists shall be exempt from chapter thirty-one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.