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has been paid to said trustees by the city of Lowell or has been received by them from other sources. The city of Lowell is hereby authorized to raise by taxation and pay to said trustees such a sum of money, not exceeding eight thousand dollars, as may be necessary together with that received from other sources to obtain the amount provided for by this resolve.

Approved May 4, 1905.

Chap. 71 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS AT THE

Northampton insane hospital.

NORTHAMPTON INSANE HOSPITAL.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Northampton Insane Hospital Fund a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars, to be expended by the trustees of the said hospital for improvements therein as follows:- For an engine and an electric generator, a sum not exceeding four thousand dollars; and for the construction of a hot house for the farm and garden, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.

Approved May 8, 1905.

Chap. 72 RESOLVE TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEF

Committee to report on memorial of Chevalier de St. Sauveur.

TO CONSIDER AND REPORT RELATIVE TO A MEMORIAL OF
CHEVALIER DE ST. SAUVEUR.

Resolved, That the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, and five other citizens to be appointed by the governor, be a committee to serve without pay during the recess, and to report to the next general court such action as shall seem to them appropriate to carry out, at least in spirit, the promise implied in a resolution of the general court of Massachusetts Bay, passed September sixteenth, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, respecting a monument and an inscription in memory of Chevalier de St. Sauveur, an officer in the fleet of Count D'Estaing, who was injured by persons unknown in an affray occurring in Boston, September eighth, seventeen hundred and seventy-eight, and who, in consequence of his injuries, died there on September fifteenth of that year.

Approved May 12, 1905.

RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND REPORT BY Chap. 73

THE COMMISSIONERS ON FISHERIES AND GAME AS TO THE
PROPAGATION OF OYSTERS.

Resolved, That the commissioners on fisheries and game Propagation

are hereby authorized and directed to make a biological
investigation and report as to the best methods, condi-
tions and localities for the propagation of oysters under
the conditions found in Massachusetts waters. The com-
missioners may expend for the purposes of this resolve
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars a year for a
period of three years.
Approved May 12, 1905.

RESOLVE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
FOR DEAF MUTES.

of oysters.

Chap. 74

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the New England

- treasury of the Commonwealth to the New England In-dustrial dustrial School for Deaf Mutes the sum of twenty-five Deaf Mutes. hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of - the trustees thereof for the educational purposes of the school for the year nineteen hundred and five. The trustees shall report to the state board of education the expenditures made under authority of this resolve.

Approved May 12, 1905.

RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXHIBITION OF MEANS AND
METHODS OF TREATING AND PREVENTING TUBERCULOSIS.

Chap. 75

prevention of

Resolved, That the state board of health is hereby Treatment and authorized, within two years after the passage of this tuberculosis, resolve, to cause a public exhibition to be made of the etc. various means and methods used or recommended for treating and preventing tuberculosis, now recognized as a communicable and preventable disease. The said board may expend a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars in carrying out the provisions of this resolve, and is directed to report to the general court on or before the fifteenth day of January next following said exhibition, and shall accompany its report with any recommendations for legislation which it may deem advisable.

Approved May 12, 1905.

Chap. 76 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR TESTIMONIALS TO SOLDIERS AND

Testimonials
to soldiers, etc.,

war.

SAILORS WHO SERVED IN THE SPANISH WAR.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the of the Spanish treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated, to be expended in preparing suitable testimonials for those residents of Massachusetts who served as soldiers or sailors in the Spanish war, as authorized by chapter sixty-eight of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and two as amended by chapter thirty-seven of the resolves of the year nineteen hundred and four.

Approved May 12, 1905.

Chap. 77 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING AT THE

Additional
building at the
Soldiers'
Home.

SOLDIERS' HOME IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty thousand dollars shall be available during the year nineteen hundred and five, and fifty thousand dollars shall be available during the year nineteen hundred and six, to be expended under the direction of the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, located at Chelsea, for the construction and furnishing of an additional building of said institution, for hospital purposes: provided, however, that the building so erected, together with the land upon which it shall be built, shall become the property of and be vested in the Commonwealth whenever the property of said institution shall cease to be used for the purposes for which it was chartered, and the acceptance of the sum herein appropriated, or of any part thereof, by said trustees, shall be construed as a conclusive agreement on the part of said trustees and their successors that they will convey to the Commonwealth, by sufficient instruments therefor, the building contemplated by the provisions of this resolve, together with the land upon which it shall be situated, whenever the property of said institution shall cease to be used for the purposes for which it is chartered. Said building shall be built in accordance with plans approved by the governor and council. Approved May 12, 1905.

RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND REPORT BY Chap. 78

THE COMMISSIONERS ON FISHERIES AND GAME AS TO THE

PROPAGATION OF QUAHAUGS.

Resolved, That the commissioners on fisheries and game Propagation of quahaugs.

are hereby authorized and directed to make a biological investigation and report as to the best methods, conditions and localities for the propagation of quahaugs. The commissioners may expend for the purposes of this resolve a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars a year for a period of three years.

Approved May 17, 1905.

RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN ADDITIONS AND IMPROVE-
MENTS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Chap. 79

Agricultural

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Massachusetts treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding fifty- College. two thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, to be expended at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, under the direction of the board of trustees, for the following purposes, to wit: - Thirty-nine thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars for erecting, heating and equipping a building for the use of the horticultural department; thirty-two hundred dollars for the enlargement of the laboratory and for a new plant house for the entomological department; eighty-five hundred dollars for the extension of the central heating system to the east experiment station, to the proposed horticultural building and to the botanic museum; and one thousand dollars for painting and repairing the dairy building, barns and stable.

Approved May 17, 1905.

RESOLVE TO CONFIRM THE ACTS OF RUSSELL A. SEARS AS A

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Chap. 80

Sears,

firmed.

Resolved, That the acts of Russell A. Sears as a justice Acts of Russell of the peace, between the ninth day of February and the justice of the twenty-sixth day of April in the year nineteen hundred peace, conand five, are hereby confirmed and made valid, to the same extent as if during that time he had been qualified to discharge the duties of said office.

Approved May 17, 1905.

Chap. 81 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR NEW BOILERS AND A RECONSTRUC

TION OF THE HEATING PLANT AT THE STATE FARM.

State farm.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the State Farm Industries Fund a sum not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, to be expended at the state farm, under the direction of the trustees and superintendent thereof. for installing new boilers and the reconstruction of the heating plant at said institution.

Approved May 17, 1905.

Chap. 82 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LAYING OF A CONDUIT AT THE

Lyman school for boys.

LYMAN SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended at the Lyman school for boys, under the direction of the trustees thereof, in laying a conduit for the steam and water pipes connecting several of the buildings at said institution.

Approved May 18, 1905.

Chap. 83 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REPAIRS AT THE STATE

State industrial school for girls.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding fiftyeight hundred dollars, to be expended at the state industrial school for girls, under the direction of the trustees thereof, for renewing the plumbing in the four cottages of said institution, and also a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be expended in like manner, for the carpenter work and necessary repairs in connection with the plumbing work. Approved May 18, 1905.

Chap. 84 RESOLVE TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN REPAIRS AND IMPROVE

Grafton colony of the

MENTS AT THE GRAFTON COLONY OF THE WORCESTER IN-
SANE ASYLUM.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the Worcester lum. treasury of the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding twentyfive thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the trustees of the Worcester insane asylum, for the further development of the Grafton colony, as follows:

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