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bers of each branch, and a city in which there is a single 

 legislative board, by a vote of two thirds of the members 

 thereof, present and voting thereon, may take or purchase 

 land within their limits, which shall be a public domain, and 

 may appropriate money and accept gifts of money and land 

 therefor; 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. Such 

 public domain shall be devoted to the culture of forest trees, 

 or to the preservation of the water supply of such city or 

 town and the title thereto shall vest in the city or town in 

 which it lies. 



1913, 564, sect. 2. Said chapter twenty-eight is hereby 

 further amended by striking out section twenty-five and 

 inserting in place thereof the following: Section 25. The 

 city or town forester in each city or town, with one or more 

 keepers appointed by him, shall have the management and 

 charge of all such public domain in that city or 



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regarding town, and within such public domain shall have 



the powers of constables and police officers in 

 towns. But a town by a vote of two thirds of the legal voters 

 present and voting at an annual town meeting, or a city in 

 which the city council consists of two branches, by a vote of 

 two thirds of the members of each branch, and a city in 

 which there is a single legislative board, by a vote of two 

 thirds of the members thereof present and voting thereon, 

 may place all such public domain within its limits under 

 Ijie general supervision and control of the state forester, who 

 shall thereupon, upon notification thereof, make regulations 

 for the care and use of such public domain and for the plant- 

 ing and cultivating of trees therein, and the city or town 



