[Adopted as §§ 2-170 through 2-174 of
the 1965 Code]
The Veterans' Service Department shall be under
the supervision of the Veterans' Service Commissioner, subject to
civil service laws.
[Amended 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
The Veterans' Service Commissioner shall act
as the disbursing officer of the City for the payment of state or
military aid and veterans' aid. He or she shall investigate, determine
and ascertain the settlement of any person so applying or receiving
such aid and assistance. He or she shall keep a record of all persons
who receive such aid from the City but who have legal settlements
in any other municipality or do not have any legal settlements in
the City. He or she shall keep a record of all persons receiving such
aid outside of the City who have legal settlements herein and shall
turn over for collection to the City Treasurer all claims of his or
her Department against the state or any other municipality for moneys
due the City by reason of aid furnished to persons having settlements
in such municipalities or for whom the state is liable if such accounts
remain unpaid for more than 60 days.
A Burial Agent shall be appointed, subject to
the civil service laws, by the Mayor, subject to confirmation of the
Council, who shall perform the duties and functions and have the responsibilities
provided for in Chapter 115 of the General Laws.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 115, § 1
et seq.
Annually, in the month of April, there shall
be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council,
a suitable person, preferably a veteran, to see that every cemetery
where there is a grave of any person who has served in the Armed Forces
of the United States in time of war and is classified as a veteran
of any war is suitably kept and cared for as provided in MGL c. 115,
§§ 7, 8 and 9.
