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Section 4. The trustees shall annually prepare a budget, and submit 

 the same to the comity commissioners not later than the last Wednesday 

 in December, containing a detailed estimate of all siuns required by them 

 for carrying out the purposes of this act during the ensuing year. The 

 county commissioners shall include in their annual estimate of county 

 expenses to be appropriated by the general court and raised by the annual 

 county tax lew such sums as they may deem necessary to meet one half 

 of the requirements of the trustees during said year: provided that county 

 funds shall be paid to the said trustees to the extent only and upon their 

 certificate that a like amount has been received by them from other 

 sources, including funds received under the provisions of section two. 



Section 5. Any city or town may in the manner in which land may 

 be acquired for school purposes, acquire, by purchase or otherwise, real 

 estate for the purpose of carrying on, under the direction of the agents 

 or instructors of said trustees, demonstration work in agricultiue and 

 home-making, and may, in the manner provided by law for making appro- 

 priations for municipal purposes, appropriate money to be expended by 

 said trustees for the purposes of this act, or for the purpose of enabling 

 the trustees to acquire necessary real estate, or for the support of demon- 

 stration work, under the direction of the agents or instructors or of the 

 trustees, on land owned by the city or town or by any resident thereof. 



Section 6. Chapter seven hundred and seven of the acts of nineteen 

 hundred and fourteen is hereby repealed. 



Section 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 May 31, 1918. 



APPROPRIATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE MASSA- 

 CHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



Resolves, Chapter 69. 



Resolve providing for certain improvements and equipment at 

 the massachusetts agricultural college. 

 Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the com- 

 monwealth, to be expended at the Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 under the direction of the board of trustees, a sum not exceeding eighty- 

 six thousand five hundred dollars for the following purposes : — For im- 

 provements at the power plant, including coal handling apparatus, turbine 

 house and equipment, a sum not exceeding fifty-four thousand five hun- 

 dred dollars; for improvements in the dining hall, a sum not exceeding 

 twelve thousand dollars; and for miscellaneous improvements in build- 

 ings and grounds, miscellaneous teaching, operating and office equipment 

 for the farm, gardens, experiment station , and teaching departments, a 

 sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. [Approved May 29, 1918. j| 



