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and Industrial Exposition, Inc., shall have given to the commonwealth 

 such conveyance or lease of land suitable for the proposed building, and 

 subject to such terms and conditions as may be approved by the governor 

 and council, and, provided, further, that the fifty thousand dollars au- 

 thorized by this act shall not be available unless and until the Eastern 

 States Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, Inc., has raised and set 

 apart a sufficient sum to complete the said building. 



Section 3. No commissioner appointed under this act shall receive 

 any compensation for his services in carrying out its provisions, nor shall 

 he be interested directly or indirectly in any contract made under this act, 

 under penalty of removal from office by the governor and council, and of 

 punishment as provided in section nine of chapter two hundred and ten of 

 the Re\'ised Laws. 



Section 4. The said building may be used for the purpose of exhibiting 

 both agricultural and industrial products of the commonwealth, but shall 

 be under the supervision and control of the secretary of the state board of 

 agriculture, and shall be maintained by and at the expense of the com- 

 monwealth. 



Section 5. For the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred under 

 the authority of this act, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars is 

 hereb}^ appropriated to be paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth 

 from the ordinary revenue. [Approved May 25, 1917. 



WESTPORT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Special Acts, Chapter 282. 

 An Act in aid of the westport agricultural society. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. The Westport Agricultural Society, situated in the town 

 of Westport, shall be entitled to receive the bounty provided for by section 

 one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four of the Revised Laws, as 

 amended by chapter one hundred and thirty-three of the acts of the year 

 nineteen hundred and nine, as affected by chapter two hundred and sixty 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and twelve, by chapter two hun- 

 dred and forty of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, and 

 by chapter two hundred and nine of the acts of the year nineteen hundred 

 and fourteen, and as further amended by chapter two hundred and seventy- 

 six of the said acts of the year nineteen hundred and fourteen, to the same 

 extent as if the said chapter two hundred and seventy-six had not been 

 passed. 



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

 April IS, 1917. 



