Laws Relating to the 



Description of 

 tlie land taken 

 to be recorded 

 In the registry 

 of deeds. 



Board of 

 forestry to 

 serve witiiout 

 pay; to 

 appoint 

 Ijeepers. 



may lease 

 buildings on 

 land. 



Proceeds of 

 sale of prod- 

 ucts to be paid 

 to board. 



may make appropriations of money for such taking or 

 purchase, may receive donations of money or land for 

 the said purposes, and may make a public domain of 

 the land so devoted, subject to tlie regulations herein- 

 after prescribed. The title of all lauds so taken, pur- 

 chased or received shall vest in the Commonwealth, and 

 shall be held in perpetuity for the benefit of the town 

 or city in which such land is situated. 



Sect. 2. A town or city taking land under this act 

 shall, within sixty days after such taking, file and cause 

 to be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county 

 or district in which the land is situated a description 

 thereof sufficiently accurate for identifying the same. 

 In case such town or city and the owner of such land 

 do not agree upon the damage occasioned by such 

 taking, such damage shall be ascertained and deter- 

 mined in the manner provided in case of the taking of 

 land for a highway in such town or city, and such town 

 or city shall thereupon pay such sums as may finally 

 be detei'mined to be due. 



Sect. 3. The state board of agriculture shall act as 

 a board of forestry, without pay, except for necessary 

 travelling expenses, and shall have the supervision and 

 management of all such public domains, and shall 

 make all necessary regulations for their care and use 

 and for the increase and preservation of the timber, 

 wood and undergrowth thereon, and for the planting and 

 cultivating of trees therein. The said board shall ap- 

 point one or more persons, to be called keepers, to 

 have charge, subject to its direction, of each such public 

 domain, enforce its regulations and perform such labor 

 thereon as said board shall require ; and said keepers 

 shall have the same power to protect such domain from 

 injury and trespass, and to keep the peace therein as 

 constables and police officers in towns. 



Sect. 4. Said board may lease any building that 

 may be on any such public domain on such terms as it 

 shall deem expedient. All sums which may be derived 

 from rents and from the sale of the products of any 

 such domain shall be paid to said board and shall be 

 applied by itj so far as necessary, to the management. 



