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necessary to establish and maintain the said nurseries. Seed- 

 lings from these nurseries shall be furnished to the com- 

 monwealth without expense for use upon reservations set 

 aside for the propagation of forest growths for other than 

 park purposes. All stock grown in nurseries established under 

 the provisions of this act shall be used within the limits of 

 the commonwealth and shall be furnished to state institu- 

 tions free of charge. The state forester may distribute seeds 

 and seedlings to land owners, citizens of the commonwealth, 

 under such conditions and restrictions as he may determine, 

 subject to the approval of the governor and council. 



1904, 409, sect. 4. The state forester is hereby empowered, 

 subject to the approval of the governor and council, to hire 

 such assistants as he may need in the perform- Forestry 

 ance of his duties, and to fix their salaries. 



1904, 409, sect. 5. The state forester shall annually, on 

 or before the thirty-first day of December, make a written 

 report to the general court of his proceedings Forester's 

 for the year ending on the thirty-first day of r 

 December, together with such recommendations as he may 

 deem proper, and with a detailed statement of the receipts 

 and expenditures incident to the administration of his office. 



1904, 409, sect. 6, as amended, 1907, 473, sect 2. Such 

 sums as the general court shall authorize may be expended 

 annually by the state forester, with the approval Expendi- 

 of the governor and council, in carrying out the 

 provisions of this act. 



1911, 722, sect. 1. The state forester is hereby empowered 

 to appoint an assistant to be known as the state fire warden, 

 whose special duty it shall be to aid and advise Appoint- 

 the forest wardens and their deputies in towns Upstate fi re 

 and the municipal officers exercising the functions warden - 



