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Resolves of 1910, Chapter 90. 

 A Resolve to provide for the preparation and printing of a special 



REPORT ON THE GAME BIRDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. 



Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the 

 commonwealth a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars for preparing and 

 jjrinting, under the direction of the state board of agriculture, in an edition 

 of five thousand copies, a special report on the game birds of the common- 

 wealth economically considered, to include the facts already ascertained by 

 the state ornithologist, relating to their history, value and the necessity for 

 their protection, to be distributed as follows: — Two copies to each free 

 public library in the commonwealth; two copies to each high school, and 

 two copies to such schools in towns which have no high school as the school 

 committee may designate; one copy to the library of congress and one copy 

 to each state or territorial library in the United States; ten copies to the 

 state library; one copy to the governor; one copy to the lieutenant governor 

 and each member of the council; one copy to the secretary of the common- 

 wealth; one copy to the treasurer and receiver general; one copy to the 

 auditor of the commonwealth; one copy to the attorney -general ; one copy 

 to each member of the present general court applying for the same; one 

 copy to each elective officer of the present general court; one copy to each 

 member of the state board of agriculture; five copies to the secretary of the 

 state board of agriculture; and four hundred and fifty copies to the state 

 ornithologist for distribution to those who have assisted by contributing 

 material for the report; the remaining copies to be sold by the secretary 

 of the state board of agriculture at a price not less than the cost thereof. 

 Additional copies may be printed for sale at the discretion of the secretary 

 of the state board of agriculture, the expense thereof to be paid from the 

 receipts of such sales. Any amount received from sales shall be paid into 

 the treasury of the commonwealth. [Approved May 5, 1910. 



