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subject to the approval of the governor and council, cut and sell 

 trees, wood and other produce therefrom. 



Section 5. All moneys received by or payable to the common- 

 wealth or any one acting on its behalf under the provisions of this 

 act shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth. 



Section 6. Land acquired under the provisions of this act and 

 subsequently reconveyed under the provisions of sections two or three 

 shall not be exemjat from taxation on account of any plantation of 

 trees set out or planted while it was held by the commonwealth. 



Section 7. For the purpose of assisting in reforestation a por- 

 tion, not exceeding twenty per cent of the money authorized by this 

 act to be expended may be used by the state forester for the distribu- 

 tion at not less than cost of seeds and seedlings to land owners who 

 are citizens of the commonwealth, under such conditions and restric- 

 tions as the state forester, subject to the apioi'oval of the governor 

 and council, may deem advisable. 



Section 8. The state forester shall replant or otherwise manage 

 all land acquii-ed by the commonwealth and held by it under the 

 provisions of this act, in such manner as will, in his judgment, pro- 

 duce the best forest growth both as to practical forestry results and 

 protection of water supplies. 



Section 9. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are 

 hereby repealed. 



Section 10. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap- 

 proved May 1, 1908. 



As above indicated, this bill was approved May 1, 1908, 

 and, as the planting season begins as soon as the frost leaves 

 the ground in the spring, we were unable to make use of the 

 approj^riation until later in the year. 



In order to bring the enactment to the attention of our 

 people, and to make the first year's appropriation go as far 

 as possible, the following general letter was sent out to all 

 the chairmen of the boards of selectmen of our towns, news- 

 papers, agricultural organizations, women's clubs, etc. : — 



Dear Sir : — The recent General Court enacted a law authorizing 

 the State Forester, subject to the approval of the Governor and 

 Council, to establish a system of forest reserves for promoting the 

 forestry interests of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (chapter 

 478, Acts of 1908). 



The amount appropriated for this year is $5,000, and succeeding 

 years, $10,000 annually. 



In order to make the appropriation as useful as possible, I am 



