§ 57. Restriction on issue of permits and the entering into contracts
unless compensation is secured. 1. The head of a state or municipal
department, board, commission or office authorized or required by law to
issue any permit for or in connection with any work involving the
employment of employees in a hazardous employment defined by this
chapter, and notwithstanding any general or special statute requiring or
authorizing the issue of such permits, shall not issue such permit
unless proof duly subscribed by an insurance carrier is produced in a
form satisfactory to the chair, that compensation for all employees has
been secured as provided by this chapter. Nothing herein, however, shall
be construed as creating any liability on the part of such state or
municipal department, board, commission or office to pay any
compensation to any such employee if so employed.

2. The head of a state or municipal department, board, commission or
office authorized or required by law to enter into any contract for or
in connection with any work involving the employment of employees in a
hazardous employment defined by this chapter, notwithstanding any
general or special statute requiring or authorizing any such contract,
shall not enter into any such contract unless proof duly subscribed by
an insurance carrier is produced in a form satisfactory to the chair,
that compensation for all employees has been secured as provided by this
chapter.