Item 225

For services other than personal, traveling expenses,
office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceed-
ing nine thousand dollars.

226 For the settlement of certain small claims, as au-
thorized by section three A of chapter twelve of
the General Laws, inserted by chapter three hun-
dred and ninety-five of the acts of nineteen hun-
dred and twenty-four, a sum not exceeding five
thousand dollars

227 For the publication of certain opinions of the attorneys general, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars

$9,000 00

5,000 00

Total.

5,000 00

$114,000 00

Attorney
General's
Department.

Service of the Department of Agriculture.

228 For the salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

229

231

For personal services of clerks and stenographers,
a sum not exceeding twenty thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty dollars

230 For traveling expenses of the commissioner, a sum
not exceeding twelve hundred dollars
For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, office supplies and equipment, and printing
and furnishing trespass posters, a sum not exceed-
ing eighty-eight hundred dollars

232

For compensation and expenses of members of the
advisory board, a sum not exceeding two thousand
dollars

2,000 00

233 For services and expenses of apiary inspection, a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

2,500 00

Division of Dairying and Animal Husbandry:
For personal services, a sum not exceeding ninety-
five hundred dollars

234
235 For other expenses, including the enforcement of the
dairy laws of the commonwealth, a sum not ex-
ceeding forty-eight hundred dollars

Division of Plant Pest Control:

236 For personal services, a sum not exceeding eleven thousand dollars

Division of

11,000 00

237 For other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-three hundred dollars

Plant Pest
Control.

6,300 00

Division of Ornithology:

238 For personal services, a sum not exceeding sixty-two hundred dollars

Division of Reclamation, Soil Survey and Fairs: 242 For personal services, a sum not exceeding twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars

243 For travel and other expenses, a sum not exceeding sixty-four hundred dollars

Division of
Reclamation,
Soil Survey
and Fairs.

Specials.

Item

244 For state prizes and agricultural exhibits, a sum not
exceeding thirty thousand dollars, the same to be
in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated
for this purpose, and any unexpended balance
remaining at the end of the current fiscal year
may be used in the succeeding year

Specials:

245 For work in protecting the pine trees of the common-
wealth from white pine blister rust, and for pay-
ments of claims on account of currant and goose-
berry bushes destroyed in the work of suppressing
white pine blister rust, a sum not exceeding nine-
teen thousand dollars
246 For quarantine and other expenses in connection
with the work of suppression of the European
corn-borer, so-called, a sum not exceeding six
thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose.

$30,000 00

19,000 00

6,000 00

Total.

$179,590 00

State

Reclamation
Board.

Service of State Reclamation Board.

247 For expenses of the board, a sum not exceeding
twenty-five hundred dollars

$2,500 00

For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding twelve thousand five hundred dollars. $12,500 00
For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, and for traveling expenses,
necessary office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding four thousand dollars

252 For the salaries and expenses of foresters and for
necessary labor, supplies and equipment in main-
taining forest tree nurseries, a sum not exceeding
twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
253 For the purchase of land and reforesting the same,
as authorized by section ten of chapter one hun-
dred and thirty-two of the General Laws, as
amended, a sum not exceeding five thousand
dollars

254 For aiding towns in the purchase of equipment for
extinguishing forest fires and for making protective
belts or zones as a defence against forest fires, for
the present year and previous years, a sum not
exceeding two thousand dollars

255 For the personal services of the state fire warden and
his assistants, and for other services, including
traveling expenses of the state fire warden and
his assistants, necessary supplies and equipment
and materials used in new construction in the
forest fire prevention service, a sum not exceeding
sixty-three thousand dollars, the same to be in
addition to any funds allotted to Massachusetts
by the federal authorities.

4,000 00

12,500 00

5,000 00

2,000 00

63,000 00

Item

256 For the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail
moths, and for expenses incidental thereto, a sum
not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, the same
to be in addition to any amount heretofore appro-
priated for this purpose, and any unexpended
balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal
year may be used in the succeeding year
257 For the planting and maintenance of state forests,
a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dol-
lars
258 For the purchase and development of state forests,
and for the maintenance of nurseries for the grow-
ing of seedlings for the planting of state forests,
as authorized by section thirty-six of chapter one
hundred and thirty-two of the General Laws, a
sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars,
the same to be in addition to any amount hereto-
fore appropriated for this purpose, and any unex-
pended balance remaining at the end of the cur-

$55,000 00

25,000 00

rent fiscal year may be used in the succeeding year 100,000 00 259 For the maintenance of the Standish monument reservation, a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars

260 261

For the maintenance of Mount Grace state forest,
a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars
For reimbursement to certain towns, as authorized
by section twenty-four of chapter forty-eight of
the General Laws, as amended, a sum not ex-
ceeding twenty-five hundred dollars

262 For expenses of the continuation of the experiment
relative to the prevention of forest fires in certain
towns in Barnstable county, a sum not exceeding
fifteen hundred dollars

262a For the construction of a comfort station at the Standish monument reservation, a sum of three thousand dollars

Total.

2,000 00

500 00

2,500 00

1,500 00

3,000 00 $288,500 00

Division of
Forestry.

Division of Fisheries and Game:

263 For the salary of the director, a sum not exceeding
four thousand dollars

264 For personal services of office assistants, a sum not
exceeding ten thousand one hundred and eighty
dollars
265 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses and neces-
sary office supplies and equipment, a sum not
exceeding seventy-five hundred dollars

266 For expenses of exhibitions and other measures to
increase the interest of the public in the protection
and propagation of fish and game, a sum not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars

Enforcement of laws:

267 For personal services of fish and game wardens, a sum not exceeding sixty-six thousand dollars

268 For traveling expenses of fish and game wardens, and for other expenses necessary for the enforcement of the laws, a sum not exceeding forty thousand dollars

Biological work:

269 For personal services to carry on biological work, a sum not exceeding fifty-one hundred dollars

Biological work.

Propagation of game birds, etc.

Damages by

wild deer and wild moose.

Item

270 For traveling and other expenses of the biologist and
his assistants, a sum not exceeding twenty-five
hundred dollars

Propagation of game birds, etc.:

271 For the maintenance of game farms and fish hatch-
eries, and for the propagation of game birds and
animals and food fish, a sum not exceeding ninety-
nine thousand seven hundred dollars.

Damages by wild deer and wild moose:

272 For the payment of damages caused by wild deer and
wild moose, for the present year and previous
years, as provided by law, a sum not exceeding
nine thousand dollars

$2,500 00

99,700 00

9,000 00

Protection of wild life:

Protection of wild life.

273 For expenses incurred in the protection of certain
wild life, a sum not exceeding thirty-four hundred
dollars

3,400 00

Marine fisheries.

Marine fisheries:

274 For personal services for regulating the sale and cold
storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding ten
thousand seven hundred and forty dollars

275 For other expenses for regulating the sale and cold
storage of fresh food fish, a sum not exceeding
thirty-three hundred dollars

Enforcement of shellfish laws:

10,740 00

3,300 00

Enforcement

of shellfish laws.

276 For personal services for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding ninety-
three hundred dollars

9,300 00

277 For other expenses for the enforcement of laws
relative to shellfish, a sum not exceeding six thou-
sand dollars

279 For improvements and additions at fish hatcheries
and game farms, a sum not exceeding ten thou-
sand dollars, the same to be in addition to any
amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose. $10,000 00

Bounty on seals:

280 For bounties on seals, a sum not exceeding two hun-
dred and fifty dollars

250 00

283 For services other than personal, including printing
the annual report, traveling expenses of the di-
rector, and office supplies and equipment, a sum
not exceeding five thousand dollars

284 For personal services of veterinarians and agents
engaged in the work of extermination of conta-
gious diseases among domestic animals, a sum not
exceeding fifty thousand four hundred dollars

5,000 00

50,400 00

Item

285 For the traveling expenses of veterinarians and agents, including the cost of any motor vehicles purchased for their use, a sum not exceeding twenty-one thousand dollars

286 For reimbursement of owners of horses killed during the present and previous years, travel, when allowed, of inspectors of animals, incidental expenses of killing and burial, quarantine and emergency services, and for laboratory and veterinary supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars

287 For reimbursement of owners of tubercular cattle killed, as authorized by section twelve A of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws, inserted by section one of chapter three hundred and four of the acts of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, and in accordance with certain provisions of law and agreements made under authority of section thirty-three of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine of the General Laws, as amended, during the present and previous years, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, the same to be in addition to any amount heretofore appropriated for the purpose, and any unexpended balance remaining at the end of the current fiscal year may be used in the succeeding year

Total.

Reimbursement of towns for inspectors of animals: 288 For the reimbursement of certain towns for compensation paid to inspectors of animals, a sum not exceeding fifty-five hundred dollars

$21,000 00

6,000 00

100,000 00

$197,700 00

Service of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
Division of Banks:

289 For the salary of the commissioner, the sum of six
thousand dollars

290

For services of deputy, directors, examiners and as-
sistants, clerks, stenographers and experts, a sum
not exceeding two hundred forty-nine thousand
five hundred dollars

291 For services other than personal, printing the annual
report, traveling expenses, office supplies and
equipment, a sum not exceeding sixty-one thou-
sand dollars

Division of Animal Industry.

249,500 00

Insurance.
Division of
Banks.

Total.

Supervisor of Loan Agencies:

292 For personal services of supervisor and assistants, a sum not exceeding eighty-six hundred dollars

293 For services other than personal, printing the annual report, office supplies and equipment, a sum not exceeding twelve hundred dollars

Total.

Division of Insurance:

294 For salary of the commissioner, a sum not exceeding

six thousand dollars