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otherwise, any lands, tenements, or other estate, real and personal : 

 provided, that the said real estate shall not exceed in value the sum 

 of one hundred thousand dollars, and the said personal estate shall not 

 exceed in value the sum of three hundred thousand dollars ; all the 

 sums mentioned in the preceding section of this act to be valued in 

 silver, at the rate of six shillings and eight pence by the ounce ; and 

 the annual interest and income of the said real and personal estate, 

 together with the fines and penalties aforesaid, shall be appropriated 

 for premiums, to encourage improvements and discoveries in agricul- 

 ture, arts, and manufactures, or for other purposes consistent with the 

 end and design of the institution of the said academy, as the fellows 

 thereof shall determine. 



Section 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



House of Representatives, February 25, 1910. 



Passed to be enacted. Joseph Walker, Speaker. 



In Senate, February 28, 1910. 

 Passed to be enacted. Allen T. Treadway, President. 

 February 28, 1910. 

 Approved. Eben S. Draper. 



Office of the Secretary, 



Boston, March 1, 1910. 

 A true copy. 



Witness the Great Seal of the Commonwealth. 

 Isaac H. Edgett, 

 [Seal.] Deputy and Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



The following gentlemen were elected Members of the 

 Academy : — 



Clifford Herschel Moore, of Cambridge, as Resident Fellow 

 in Class III., Section 2 (Philology and Archaeology). 



Charles Pomeroy Parker, of Cambridge, as Resident Fellow 

 in Class III., Section 2 (Philology and Archaeology). 



Voted, That the sum of four hundred dollars from the unex- 

 pended balance of the appropriation for publication from the 

 income of the Rumford fund be transferred to the amount avail- 

 able for use at the discretion of the Committee. 



The Chair appointed the following Councillors to serve as 

 Nominating Committee : — 



