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Section 4. The said boards shall report to the next general court 

 what additions and amendments, if any, should, in its opinion, be made 

 to chapter one hundred and ninety-five of the Revised Laws. 



Section 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 May 2, 1917. 



APPLE GRADING LAW. 



General Acts, Chapter 13. 



An Act relative to the packing, grading and sale of apples. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section five of chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the 

 General Acts of the year nineteen hundred and fifteen is hereby amended 

 by striking out the words "of the packer or", in the sixth line, by striking 

 out the words "name and address of the repacker, or the", in the eighteenth 

 line, and by striking out the words "original packer", in the last line, and 

 inserting in place thereof the words : — person by whose authority they 

 were originally packed, — so as to read as follows: — Section 5. Every 

 closed package of apples packed or repacked in the commonwealth and 

 intended for sale, either within or without the commonwealth, shall have 

 marked in a conspicuous place on the outside of the package in plain letters 

 a statement of the quantity of the contents, the name and address of the 

 person by whose authority the apples were packed, the true name of the va- 

 riety and the grade and the minimum size of the apples contained therein, 

 in accordance with the provisions of sections two, three and four of this 

 act, and the name of the state in which they were grown. If the true name 

 of the variety is not known to the packer or other person by whose au- 

 thority the apples are packed, the statement shall include the words 

 "variety unknown", and if the name of the state in which the apples were 

 grown is not known, this fact shall also be set forth in the statement. If 

 apples are repacked, the package shall l)e marked "repacked", and shall 

 bear the name and address of the person by whose authoritj' it is repacked, 

 in place of that of the person by whose authority they were originally 

 packed. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 February 20, 1917. 



STATE ORNITHOLOGIST. 



General Acts, Chapter 75. 



An Act relatia^e to the powers of the state ornithologist. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section three of chapter two hundred and forty-five of the 

 acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, as amended by section one 

 of chapter five hundred of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, 



