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1914, 720, sect. 6. The sum of ten thousand dollars may be 

 expended during the present year and the sum of twenty 

 thousand dollars may be expended annually for Appropria- 

 the four succeeding years by the state forest com- tion8 ' 

 mission in the acquisition of lands under the provisions of 

 this act: provided, that the said commission may, at its 

 discretion, authorize the state forester to expend a part of 

 said sum in the maintenance of said lands. If any part of 

 said twenty thousand dollars remains unexpended at the 

 close of any year, the balance may be expended in the follow- 

 ing year. The said commission may also expend not more 

 than five hundred dollars annually for its necessary expenses 

 incurred in carrying out the provisions of this act. 



Town Forest Law. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



1913, 564, sect. 1. Section twenty-three of chapter twenty- 

 eight of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by striking out 

 the word "a", before the word "town", in the second line, 

 and inserting in place thereof the words: an annual, 

 by inserting after the word "therefor", in the eighth line, 

 the words : but the indebtedness so incurred shall be 

 limited to an amount not exceeding one half of one per cent 

 of the last preceding assessed valuation of the city or town, 

 and by striking out the words "commonwealth for the 

 benefit of the", in the eleventh line, so as to read as fol- 

 lows: Section 23. A town, by a vote of two thirds of thfr 

 legal voters present and voting at an annual Public 

 town meeting, or a city in which the city council ' 

 consists of two branches, by a vote of two thirds of the mem- 



