Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

Whereas, There is pending before the general court a bill, current House Document No. 1287, a copy .of which is submitted herewith, providing that cities and towns may appropriate money for the removal of snow and icen from private ways therein open to public use, if the voters ' thereof so vote;

Whereas, Because said bill may authorize the expenditure of public money for private purposes, grave doubt' exists as to its constitutionality if enacted into law; and Whereas, A solemn occasion exists, requiring the opinions of the Honorable the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court; now, therefore,…