Public Documents of Massachusetts, Volum 9

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Side 149 - Whereas regulations for the operation of the Swan Island quarantine station have been proposed by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture; and...
Side 24 - ... 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...
Side 23 - ... kind for such time as he may designate, and may prohibit the discharge of firearms in or near forest land during the said time. SECTION 2. During the time designated as above by the governor, all provisions of law relating to the close season shall be in force, and whoever violates any such provision shall be subject to the penalties prescribed therefor. In case any person shall, during a close season proclaimed as aforesaid, discharge a firearm in or near forest land, or shoot any wild animal...
Side 208 - 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 nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by striking out the said section and inserting in place thereof the following : — Section 1.
Side 23 - Such proclamation shall be published in such newspapers of the state and posted in such places and in such manner as the governor may order in writing. A copy of such proclamation and order, shall be filed with the secretary of state.
Side 25 - FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTHS. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: SECTION 1. The state forester is hereby authorized to expend for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars...
Side 39 - Reckoning from this yield as applied to an acre, the yield would be 172% cords, which at the current price of $6.50 per cord, would give the income from this acre $1,120 in thirty-two years. Computing the land at $5 per acre, cost of trees and planting at $5, and to this adding compound interest for the thirty-two years, the total would amount to $65.50 ; adding to this taxes for thirty-two years, or $7.50, makes the total investment $73, and hence leaves a net income of $1,046.86, or a yearly average...
Side 91 - That price is the right to make, use. and sell that invention for a period of 17 years. That law has worked satisfactorily. It certainly has stimulated invention, because there has never been a time in our history when there has been the development in the mechanical arts and in science of all kinds that we have experienced in this country in the last 50 years.
Side 24 - ... 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.
Side 206 - Any railroad corporation which, by its servants or agents, negligently, or in violation of law, sets fire to grass lands or forest lands shall be liable to any city or town in which such fire occurs, for the reasonable and lawful expense incurred by such city or town in the extinguishment of the fire. SECTION 2. Cities and towns may recover sums to which they are entitled under the provisions of this act by an action of contract in the superior court. [Approved May 14, 1909. 2. An Act empowering...

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