208 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Acts of 1909, . Chapter 214. 



An Act relative to the Purchase by the State Forester op Land 



ADAPTED to FoREST PRODUCTION. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and seventy-eight 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight is hereby amended 

 by striking out the words " forty acres ", in the tenth line, and in- 

 serting in place thereof the Avords : — ■ eighty acres, — so as to read as 

 follows : — Section 1. For the purpose of experiment and illustration 

 in forest management and for the purposes specified in section seven 

 of this act the sum of five thousand dollars may be expended in the 

 year nineteen hundred and eight, and the sum of ten thousand dollars 

 annually thereafter, by the state forester, with the advice and consent 

 of the governor and council, in purchasing lands situated within the 

 commonwealth and adapted to forest production. The price of such 

 land shall not exceed in any instance five dollars per acre, nor shall 

 more than eighty acres be acquired in any one tract in any one year, 

 except that a greater area may so be acquired if the land purchased 

 directly affects a source or tributary of water supply in any city or 

 town of the commonwealth. All lands acquired under the provisions 

 of this act shall be conveyed to the commonwealth, and no lands shall 

 be paid for nor shall any moneys be expended in improvements thereon 

 until all instruments of conveyance and the title to be transferred 

 thereby have been approved by the attorney-general and until such 

 instruments have been executed and recorded. 



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

 March 25, 1909. 



4. An Act placing the Worh of syppirssing the Gypsy and 

 Broivn-tail Moths under the State Forester. 



The enactment of this law was the result of its recommenda- 

 tion by Governor Draper in his inaugural address. 

 The act is as follows : - — 



Acts of 1909, Chapter 263- 



An Act to provide for consolidating the Office of Superin- 

 tendent FOR SUPPRESSING THE GyPSY AND BrOWN TaiL MoTHS 



AND THE Department of the State Forester. 

 Be it enacted, etc., as foUoivs: 



Section 1. Section one of chapter four hundred and nine of the 

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

 one of chapter four hundred and seventy-three of the acts of the year 



