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except that a greater area may so be acquired if the land pur- 

 chased directly affects a source or tributary of water supply 

 in any city or town of the commonwealth. All lands acquired 

 under the provisions of this act shall be conveyed to the 

 commonwealth, and no lands shall be paid for nor shall any 

 moneys be expended in improvements thereon until all 

 instruments of conveyance and the title to be transferred 

 thereby have been approved by the attorney-gerferal and 

 until such instruments have been executed and recorded. 



1908, 478, sect. 2. The owners of land purchased under 

 this act, or their heirs and assigns, may repurchase the land 

 from the commonwealth at any time within ten Repurchase 

 years after the purchase by the commonwealth, by 01 

 upon paying the price originally paid by the commonwealth, 

 together with the amount expended in improvements and 

 maintenance, with interest at the rate of four per cent per 

 annum on the purchase price. The state forester, with the 

 approval of the governor and council, may execute in behalf 

 of the commonwealth such deeds of reconveyance as may be 

 necessary under this section: provided, however, that there 

 shall be included in such deeds a restriction requiring that 

 trees cut from such property shall not be less than eight inches 

 in diameter at the butt. 



1908, 478, sect. 3. The state forester may in his discretion, 

 but subject to the approval of the deed and title by the attor- 

 ney-general as provided in section one, accept on Gifts of 

 behalf of the commonwealth gifts of land to be land ' 

 held and managed for the purpose hereinbefore expressed. A 

 donor of such land may reserve the right to buy back the land 

 in accordance with the provisions of section two, but in the 



