Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 6, § 144

The commissioner may provide or pay for temporary lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any industrial school or workshop and may contribute to the support of pupils from the commonwealth receiving instruction in institutions outside thereof. The commissioner, with the advice of the advisory board, may subsidize the earnings of blind employees in any such school or workshop. He may receive in schools established by the commission pupils from other states upon the payment of such fees as it may determine.