1840.] SENATE— No. 36. 223 



thrown, and fifty cents for every pound of silk reeled without being 

 thrown. 



Sect. 3. When satisfactory evidence, by the oath of the party, or 

 otherwise, shall be exhibited to the selectmen of any town in this Com- 

 monwealth, that any person, being an inhabitant of such town, is en- 

 titled to claim the bounty or bounties, provided for in the first and 

 second sections of this act, they shall give a certificate thereof, in 

 writing under their hands, stating the quantity of cocoons produced, 

 or of silk reeled or thrown conformably to the provisions of said sec- 

 tions, and that such claimant is entitled to the bounty or bounties 

 therein allowed ; and when such certificate shall have been filed in the 

 ofiice of the secretary of the Commonwealth, the governor, with advice 

 of the council, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the treas- 

 urer therefor. 



Sect. 4. If any person shall claim a bounty more than once for 

 the same cocoons, or silk so reeled or thrown, or obtain any bounty 

 under this act, through fraud or deception, such person shall forfeit to 

 the use of the Commonwealth, a sum not more than one hundred dol- 

 lars, in addition to the amount of any bounty he may have receiv- 

 ed, to be recovered by indictment, in any court proper to try the 

 same. 



Sect. 5. This act shall take effect in thirty days from the time of 

 passing the same, and continue in force during the term of seven 

 years from the time of its going into operation; and an Act entitled 

 " An Act to encourage the reeling and throwing of silk," passed the 

 seventh day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and 

 thirty-five, be and the same hereby is repealed ; but nothing herein 

 contained shall affect the right of any person, entitled to any premium 

 under the said act. 



Sect. 6. The provisions of this act shall not apply to bodies politic 

 and corporate. [April 11, 1836.] 



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MULBERRY. SHARPE S VARIETY. 



As my Report is passing through the press, 1 have received the sub- 

 joined certificates, in reference to the tree mentioned in the text. 



