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tore, and to furnish greater facilities for the employment and instruc- 

 tion of the inmates of the Reform School in agriculture and horticul- 

 ture, in accordance with what are believed to have been the views 

 and wishes of General Theodore Lyman, the founder of the institu- 

 tion, while the products of the farm shall continue to be applied for 

 the use of the school substantially as they were while the farm was 

 under the immediate control of said Board of Trustees. 



In order to carry that purpose into effect, it is agreed by and be- 

 tween the Trustees of the State Reform School and the State Board 

 of Agriculture as follows : The State Board of Agriculture shall cause 

 to be done all the teaming and transportation, except of persons, and 

 all other necessary out-door work for the Reform School ; shall furnish 

 for the school all milk, vegetables, and other products of the farm, 

 which may be desired by the Trustees, and not required for the use 

 of the agricultural department, for consumption on the premises ; 

 shall cause the water for the use of the institution to ba furnished by 

 the engine in sufficient quantities ; shall do for the school all such 

 necessary grinding and sawing as the mill may be capable of perform- 

 ing, and shall provide competent and suitable men to oversee and in- 

 struct the inmates of the school when at work on the farm, or other- 

 wise, under the direction of the Board of Agriculture. The Trustees 

 of the State Reform School shall furnish to the Board of Agriculture 

 boys from the school to work upon the farm, or to do other work, 

 under the direction of said Board, in such numbers as may be required 

 by said Board, to such extent as the condition of the school will ad-> 

 mit ; reasonable notice to be given from time to time of the numbers 

 to be required. The Trustees of the State Reform School shall fur- 

 nish to the Board of Agriculture all the offal from the institution, to 

 be removed at reasonable and stated times by said Board. 



Each of said Boards shall cause to be kept accurate accounts with 

 the other, with a debt and credit side, and the mutual accounts shall 

 be examined and adjusted, and the balance paid in cash, in the month 

 of November in each year, and also at the expiration of the term 

 herein-after limited. 



The Trustees of the State Reform School shall charge the Board of 

 Agriculture three hundred and fifty dollars a year for said offal, ten 

 cents for each boy furnished to work for the Board of Agriculture for 

 each day of six hours, and an agreed price or the fair value for any 

 other thing that may be furnished by said Trustees to said Board of 

 Agriculture. The State Board of Agriculture shall charge the Trus- 

 tees- of the State Reform School eight hundred dollars a year for 

 pumping water, and keeping apparatus and pipe in order up to said 

 embankment ; and an agreed price, or, in the absence of any agreement, 



