Annual Legislative Report 

 Calendar Year Commencing January 1, I963 

 John J. McColgan, Attorney 



The following laws affecting A^friculturfi were enacted diirlng 

 tne 19'^3 session of the Legislature: 



Hajiy of then hf^ve no direct bearing; on the departoent, but 

 those dealing with water affect ngrlculture as a whole and would 

 be interestlJ^g to the JiaesachusettB farmer. The wpter situation 

 Is Bucli and the population growth Is such that lap.ny towns agree 

 to coopercite In the supply of neighboring counties. 



Chr;pter 88 authorizes the Tow/i of Hatlck to cu ply inhabitants 

 of the town of Weynouth with water. There were other sirallrr bills 

 enacted by the Legislature which we will coae to later. 



To protect our Fishing Industry which is closely coimected vlth 

 Agriculture, Ch- pter 94 was eriacted. In the sale of fish imported 

 fx*oin a foreigh country, a sign nw>rked "imported goods" laust be dis- 

 played in a oonspicuouF piece in letters at least the size of the 

 flgtires indicating the nrice of goods to be sold. 



Chapter 102 provided th;^t the Director of Fisheries and Gam* 

 be a aeiaber, ex-offlclo of the PeBtioide Board. 



Chapter II6 of tiie ACts of 19<f^3 was enacted decreasing? the 

 Bl!?:e of the letterings to be used on containers for the sale of eggs 

 retail. This was brou^jht about so that the lettering would conform 

 to that required "3/8 of an inch in hel^^ht" in other States. 



Chapter 129 required that the licensee under the so-celled 

 Bonding L«w be required to fumilsh the Coiinlssioner with further 

 InforiaRtlon as to his purciif^^ses when his business operations 

 warrant it. 



Chapter 15^^ further amended General I^wb, Chapter 9^, iiection 

 99 (b) by adding to words or causing vegetables or fruit to be 

 advertlBed as native. 



Chapter I85 repealed a law enacted in 1885 and unchmiged since 

 that tine, which nmdo it a aisdemeanor if the owner of a ran or 

 a he-goat allowed Uiea to roaci at ler^je. 



Chf pter 274 vms an ariendnent to Chapter 9^ of General Laws, 

 Section 65 (g), and It authorizes the sale and nanufaotxire of 

 dietetic ice creaia In the Coranonwoalth. 



Chapter 290 was an Act continuing the oonteraporery tax lEPOsed 

 by the Conmonwealth on amounts wagered at horae or do^- racing meets. 



Chapter 291 was p.n Act relative to the laolesting, attacking, 

 or killing of deer by dogs in certain counties in the Conronwealth. 



