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and not heretofore expended, are hereby appropriated and 

 authorized to be expended b}' the said board in carrying 

 out the purposes of this act. 



Sect. 10. All the property acquired and records kept Property ac 



' ' -^ ^ ^ quired and 



under the provisions of said chapter ninety-five of the acts records kept 



^ ^ '' . to be delivered 



of the year eighteen hundred and ninety shall be delivered to the board, 

 into the custody of said board, and said board is authorized 

 to take, receive and use the same for the purposes of this 

 act. 



Sect. 11. Chapter ninety-five of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and ninety is hereby repealed, but all 

 claims for damages under said chapter ninety-five for 

 entry upon and acts done on the lands of any person may 

 be prosecuted, as therein provided, against the city or 

 town wherein the lands entered upon are situate, and the 

 damages shall be ascertained and one-half of the amount 

 thereof recovered against any city or town shall be re- 

 funded to such city or town as provided in said chapter 

 ninety-five. 



An Act relative to preserving Ornamental and Shade Trees 

 on the Highways. 



[Chapter 196, Acts of 1890.] 



Section 1. The mayor and aldermen of the cities and shade, etc., 



•^ trees to be 



the selectmen of the towns within the Commonwealth are designated 



and pre- 



hereby authorized to designate and preserve, as hereinafter served. 

 provided in this act, trees within the limits of the highways 

 for the purposes of ornament and shade ; and to so desig- 

 nate not less than one such tree in every thirty-three feet 

 where such trees are growing and are of a diameter of one 

 inch or more. 



Sect. 2. Said mayor and aldermen and selectmen Method of 

 shall designate such trees as are selected by them for the i89it49. 



purposes set forth in this act by driving into the same, at 

 a point not less than four nor more than six feet from the 

 ground and on the side toward the centre of the highway, 

 a nail or spike with a head with the letter M plainly im- 

 pressed upon it ; said nails and spikes to be procured and 

 furnished by the secretary of the state board of agriculture 

 to said mayor and aldermen and selectmen as required by 

 them for the purposes of this act. Said mayor and alder- 

 men and selectmen shall renew such of said nails and 

 spikes as shall have been destroyed or defaced ; and shall 



1892, 147. 



