Section 9 Designation of notes or bonds issued by authority as securities

Section 9. Notes or bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies and savings banks, cooperative banks and trust companies in their banking department and within the limits set by section fourteen of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven E banking associations, investment companies, executors, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in notes, bonds or other obligations of a similar nature may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, and such notes or bonds are hereby made obligations which may properly and legally be made eligible for the investment of savings deposits and the income thereof in the manner provided by section fifteen B of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven. Such notes or bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of notes or bonds of other obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.