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the whole or any part of the lands at Wcstborough, owned by the 

 Commonwealth, except such portion thereof as may be required for 

 the use of the school, for any term not exceeding ten years, and upon 

 such conditions as may be agreed upon by the two Boards ; and the 

 State Board of Agriculture is hereby authorized to take charge of and 

 manage said lands as fully as the said Trustees are now authorized by 

 law to do. 



Sect. 2. For the purpose of permanent improvements upon said 

 lands and of agricultural experiments thereon, and to defray the ordi- 

 nary expenses of the same for the current year, said Board may, by 

 its Secretary, and as the same may be required, draw upon the Treas- 

 urer of the Commonwealth for a sum not exceeding in the aggregate 

 six thousand dollars, to be paid from such funds as may be in the 

 treasury ; and the Governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant 

 upon the Treasurer for the sum of six thousand dollars, to remain in 

 the treasury, subject to the drafts above provided for. 



Sect. 3. The Board of Agriculture shall, in the annual report re- 

 port required by law, make a full report of all sums expended upon 

 said farm each year that it may be under their charge, and of all their 

 doings in relation to said premises, and the results thereof. 



Sect. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



Measures were immediately taken to effect a transfer of the 

 farm by a committee appointed for that purpose, to act with a 

 committee of the Trustees of the State Reform School ; and at 

 a meeting of the Board of Agriculture, held at the State House 

 on the 11th of April, that committee submitted the following 



REPORT. 



The committee to whom was referred the subject of the transfer of 

 the farm at Westborough, met a committee from the Trustees of the 

 State Reform School at the farm on the 24th of March, at which time 

 the writings were signed and the transfer was duly made, and on the 

 29th of the same month the same committees appraised the property 

 delivered into the hands of the Board of Agriculture. The committee 

 of the Board of Agriculture have contracted with the farmer employed 

 the last year by the Board of Trustees to continue in charge of the 

 same. The Act of the Legislature authorizing the transfer, the agree- 

 ment of the committees of the two Boards, and the details of the 

 appraisal of the property, are respectfully submitted. 



Seth Sprague. 

 Simon Brown. 



Boston-, April 10, 1854. 



