IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH, 
 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, FORD BUILDING, BOSTON. 
 
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 SCHOOL LEGISLATION. 
 
 Acts of 1910, 
 

 
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 Massachusetts School Legislation foe 1910. 
 
 Chapter 113. 
 
 An Act to incorporate the trustees of Massachusetts col- 
 lege. 
 
 Section 1. Edmund D. Barbour, George H. Martin, William 
 Orr, Paul H. Hanus, Thomas A. Jaggar, Junior, Stratton D. 
 Brooks and Courtenay Crocker, their associates and successors, are 
 hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of 
 Massachusetts College, and they and their successors and such per- 
 sons as shall be duly elected members of the corporation shall be a 
 body corporate by that name forever. Said trustees, except as pro- 
 vided in section seven, shall be self-perpetuating and shall have 
 power, as occasion may require, to elect a president, a treasurer, 
 a. secretary and such other officers of the corporation as may be 
 found necessary, and to declare the duties, salaries and tenures of 
 their respective offices, and also to remove any trustee from the 
 said corporation when in their judgment he becomes incapable of 
 discharging the duties of his office, or shall neglect or refuse to 
 perforin the same, and also to elect new members of said corpo- 
 ration in case of death, resignation or disability. The number of 
 members shall be not less than seven nor more than nine. 
 
 Section 3, The said corporation shall have power to establish 
 rules for the holding and conduct of its meetings; to establish 
 boards of instruction in all departments of learning, science and the 
 arts; to engage the services of such professors, tutors, instructors, 
 clerks and other officers and employees as they shall deem best, 
 and to determine the duties, remuneration and tenures of their 
 respective offices and employments. Said corporation is further 
 empowered from time to time to make reasonable rules and regu- 
 lations, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this common- 
 wealth, with reasonable penalities, for the good government of said 
 college; to determine and regulate the course of instruction in said 
 college ; and to confer the degrees of bachelor of arts and master of 
 arts and the certificates and diplomas appertaining thereto. 
 
 Section 3. The said corporation may sue and be sued by the 
 
name of the Trustees of Massacluisetts College, and may take and 
 hold, in fee simple or otherwise, by gift, grant, devise, bequest, 
 purchase or otherwise, any real or personal estate or interest 
 therein within or without this commonwealth; but no property 
 situated within this commonwealth owned by said corporation in 
 excess of three million dollars shall be exempted from taxation as 
 belonging to an educational institution. 
 
 Section 4. The clear rents and profits of all the real estate of 
 which the said corporation shall be seized and possessed, and all 
 other income, shall be used for education along the lines and in the 
 manner which said corporation shall determine will best promote 
 good citizenship within the commonwealth. 
 
 Section 5. No instructor in said college shall ever be required 
 by the trustees to profess any particular religious or political 
 opinions as a test of office ; and no student shall be refused admission 
 to, or denied any of the privileges, honors or degrees of, said col- 
 lege, on account of the religious or political opinions which he may 
 entertain. 
 
 Section 6. Said corporation is hereby empowered to purchase, 
 hire, erect and keep in repair such houses and other buildings as it 
 shall deem necessary for the best interests of said college, but 
 especially it is hereby empowered, with the consent of the city or 
 town officials or committees having them in charge, to use the 
 school or other public buildings of any cities and towns within the 
 commonwealth, or, with the consent of the state board of educa- 
 tion, to use normal or other schoolhouses owned or controlled by 
 the commonwealth, for the purposes for which it is incorporated, 
 and under such regulations as may be fixed by said officials and 
 committees or by the state board of education. 
 
 Section 7. The state board of education shall choose one of the 
 trustees of Massachusetts College, who shall serve for such term as 
 said board shall determine, and may be removed only by approval 
 of said board. 
 
 Section 8. There shall be a board of advisers, consisting, with 
 their consent, of the president, or his representative, of each of 
 the following named institutions : — Harvard, Boston and Clark 
 Universities, Amherst, Boston, Clark, Massachusetts Agricultural, 
 Mount Holyoke, Holy Cross, Eadclifie, Simmons, Smith, Tufts, 
 Wellesley and "Williams Colleges, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 
 nology and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and such other persons 
 as the trustees may appoint. The duty of inspection shall devolve 
 upon this board, and its recommendations shall be acted on by the 
 
board of trustees. Givers of fift}^ thousand dollars or more for the 
 purposes of the college shall be called Founders. 
 
 Section 9. A committee on degrees, each member of which 
 shall serve for five 5^ears, consisting of five persons prominently 
 identified with higher education, who are wholly unconnected with 
 any teaching or governing board of Massachusetts College, shall 
 be appointed by those presidents of educational institutions or their 
 representatives, not less than nine in number, who are members of 
 the board of advisers. The first committee, however, shall consist 
 of members who shall serve one, two, three, four and five years 
 respectively. This committee shall be approved annually by the 
 state board of education. This committee shall approve the re- 
 quirements for admission and the number and quality of the 
 courses required for the degrees conferred by Massachusetts College, 
 and shall, by examination or otherwise, determine the fitness of all 
 candidates for degrees in accordance with current college stand- 
 ards. 'No degree shall be conferred without the signature of the 
 chairman of this committtee. 
 
 Section 10. This act shall take effect when the sum of five 
 hundred thousand dollars has been subscribed by bona fide and re- 
 sponsible donors, to the satisfaction of the governor and council. 
 [App7'oved February 28, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 201. 
 
 An Act relative to military drill in public schools. 
 Section 1. Section thirty-four of chapter forty-two of the Ee- 
 vised Laws is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence in 
 said section and inserting in place thereof the following : — JS'o 
 pupil shall be required to take part in any military exercise if his 
 parent or guardian is of the religious denomination of Quakers or 
 Shakers or of any other religious denomination conscientiously op- 
 posed to bearing arms, or if said parent or guardian is himself 
 conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms, and so notifies the 
 school committee in writing; or if a physician of good standing 
 shall certify in writing that in his opinion such exercise would be 
 injurious to the pupiFs health, — so as to read as follows : — Sec- 
 tion oJf. The school committee shall direct what books shall be 
 used in the public schools, and shall prescribe, as far as is prac- 
 ticable, a course of studies and exercises to be pursued therein. 
 Such exercises may, at the discretion of the committee, include 
 
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 calisthenics, gymnastics and military drill; but no special in- 
 structors shall be employed therefor except by a two thirds vote of 
 the committee. No pupil shall be required to take part in any 
 military exercise if his parent or guardian is of the religious 
 denomination of Quakers or Shakers or of any other religious de- 
 nomination conscientiously opposed to bearing arms, or if said 
 parent or guardian is himself conscientiously scrupulous of bearing 
 arms, and so notifies the school committee in writing; or if a 
 physician of good standing shall certify in writing that in his 
 opinion such exercise would be injurious to the pupil's health. 
 
 Section" 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. \_Ap- 
 proved March 11, 1910. 
 
 Cliapter 249. 
 
 An Act eelative to the eoeging of bieth ceetificates. 
 
 Section sixty-one of chapter five hundred and fourteen of the 
 acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by 
 adding at the end thereof the words : — and whoever forges, or pro- 
 cures to be forged, or assists in forging a certificate of birth of such 
 minor, and whoever presents or assists in presenting a forged certifi- 
 cate of birth, to a school committee or to the person authorized by 
 law to receive certificates, for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining 
 the school certificate mentioned in section sixty, shall be punished 
 by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred 
 dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor 
 more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, — so as 
 to read as follows : — Section 61. Whoever employs a minor under 
 the age of sixteen years, and whoever procures or, having under his 
 control a minor under such age, permits, such minor to be employed 
 in violation of the provisions of sections fifty-six and fifty-seven of 
 this act, shall for each offence be punished by a fine of not more 
 than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than 
 six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and whoever 
 continues to employ a minor in violation of the provisions of either 
 of said sections, after being notified thereof by a truant officer or by 
 an inspector of factories and public buildings, shall for every day 
 thereafter while such employment continues be punished by a fine of 
 not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars, or by im- 
 prisonment for not more than six months; and whoever forges, or 
 procures to be forged, or assists in forging a certificate of birth of 
 such minor, and whoever presents or assists in presenting a forged 
 
certificate of birth, to a school committee or to the person author- 
 ized by law to receive certificates, for the purpose of fraudulently 
 obtaining the school certificate mentioned in section sixty, shall be 
 punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five 
 hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months 
 nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
 [Approved March 18, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 257. 
 
 An Act to peovide for medical inspection op working chil- 
 dren BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOURTEEN AND SIXTEEN. 
 
 Section 1. Section one of chapter five hundred and two of the 
 acts of the year nineteen hundred and six is hereby amended by 
 inserting after the word " act ", in the sixth line, the words : — and 
 shall assign one or more to perform the duty of examining chil- 
 dren who apply for health certificates in accordance with this act, 
 
 — so as to read as follows : — Section 1. The school committee of 
 every city and town in the commonwealth shall appoint one or more 
 school physicians, shall assign one to each public school within its 
 city or town, and shall provide them with all proper facilities for the 
 performance of their duties as prescribed in this act; and shall 
 assign one or more to perform the duty of examining children who 
 apply for health certificates in accordance with this act: provided, 
 however, that in cities wherein the board of health is already main- 
 taining or shall hereafter maintain substantially such medical in- 
 spection as this act requires, the board of health shall appoint and 
 assign the school physician. 
 
 Section 2. Section two of said chapter five hundred and two 
 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words : — Every 
 school physician who is assigned to perform the duty of examining 
 children who apply for health certificates shall make a prompt ex- 
 amination of every child who wishes to obtain an age and schooling 
 certificate, as provided in section sixty of chapter five hundred and 
 fourteen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, and 
 who presents to said physician an employment ticket, as provided 
 in said section, and the physician shall certify in writing whether 
 or not in his opinion such child is in sufficiently sound health and 
 physically able to perform the work which the child intends to do, 
 
 — so as to read as follows : — Section 2. Every school physician 
 shall make a prompt examination and diagnosis of all children re- 
 
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 ferred to him as hereinafter jDrovided, and such further examina- 
 tion of teachers, janitors and school buildings as in his opinion the 
 protection of the health of the pupils may require. Every school 
 physician who is assigned to perform the duty of examining children 
 who apply for health certificates shall make a prompt examination 
 of every child who wishes to obtain an age and schooling certificate, 
 as provided in section sixty of chapter five hundred and fourteen of 
 the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine, and who presents 
 to said physician an emplojrment ticket, as provided in said section, 
 and the physician shall certify in writing whether or not in his 
 opinion such child is in sufficiently sound health and physically able 
 to perform the work which the child intends to do. 
 
 Section" 3. Section fifty-eight of chapter five hundred and four- 
 teen of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine is hereby 
 amended by inserting after the word " language ", in the twelfth 
 and thirteenth lines, the words : — nor until such person has re- 
 ceived a certificate signed by a physician, as provided in chapter five 
 hundred and two of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six 
 and acts passed in amendment thereof, or by a physician appointed 
 by the school committee, stating that said minor has been examined 
 by him and in his opinion is in sufficiently sound health and 
 physically able to perform the work which the minor intends to do : 
 provided, however, that the age and schooling certificate may be 
 approved and issued without a physician's certificate if there shall 
 be on file in connection with the public schools a written record in 
 regard to the child's physical condition made within one year and 
 the person authorized to approve said age and schooling certificate 
 after having examined such record shall certify that in his opinion 
 said minor is in sufficiently sound health and physicially able to 
 perform the work which the minor intends to do, — so as to read as 
 follows : — Section 58. An age and schooling certificate shall be 
 approved only by the superintendent of schools or by a person au- 
 thorized by him in writing, or, if there is no superintendent of 
 schools, by a person authorized by the school committee; but no 
 member of a school committee or other person authorized as afore- 
 said shall approve such certificate for any minor then in or about to 
 enter his own employment or the emplojrment of a firm or corpo- 
 ration of which he is a member, officer or employee. No such certifi- 
 cate shall be approved by any person unless he is satisfied that the 
 minor therein named is able to read at sight and to write legibly 
 simple sentences in the English language, nor until such person has 
 received a certificate signed by a physician, as provided in chapter 
 
five hundred and two of the acts of the 5^ear nineteen hundred and 
 six and acts passed in amendment thereof, or by a physician ap- 
 pointed by the school committee, stating that said minor has been 
 examined by him and in his opinion is in sufficiently sound health 
 and physicially able to perform the work which the minor intends 
 to do : provided, however, that the age and schooling certificate may 
 be approved and issued without a physician's certificate if there 
 shall be on file in connection with the public schools a written record 
 in regard to the child's physical condition made within one year and 
 the person authorized to approve said age and schooling certificate 
 after having examined such record shall certify that in his opinion 
 said minor is in sufficiently sound health and physically able to 
 perform the work which the minor intends to do. The person 
 who approves the certificate may administer the oath provided for 
 therein, but no fee shall be charged therefor. 
 
 Section 4. The age and schooling certificate set forth in section 
 sixty of said chapter five hundred and fourteen is hereby amended by 
 inserting after the word " language ", in the thirty-eighth line, the 
 words : — I further certify that in my opinion (or in the opinion 
 of the physician by whom said minor has 
 
 been examined in accordance with section fifty-eight of the above 
 chapter) he (or she) is in suflSciently sound health and physically 
 able to perform the work which he (or she) intends to do, — so 
 that the said certificate will read as follows : — 
 
 AGE AND SCHOOLING CERTIFICATE^ ST. 1909, C. , § • 
 
 This certifies that I am the [father, mother, guardian or custo- 
 dian] of [name of minor], and that [he or she] was born at [name 
 of city or town], in the county of [name of county, if known], and 
 state [or country] of , on the [day and year of birth], 
 
 and is now [number of years and months] old. 
 
 [Signature of father, mother, guardian, or custodian.] 
 
 [City or town and date.] 
 
 Then personally appeared before me the above named [name of 
 person signing], and made oath that the foregoing certificate by 
 [him or her] signed is true to the best of [his or her] knowledge 
 and belief. I hereby approve the foregoing certificate of [name of 
 minor], height [feet and inches], complexion [fair or dark], hair 
 [color], having no sufficient reason to doubt that [he or she] is of 
 the age therein certified. I hereby certify and am satisfied that [he 
 or she] can read at sight and can write legibly simple sentences in 
 the English language. I further certify that in my opinion [or in 
 
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 the opinion of , the physician by whom said 
 
 minor has been examined in accordance with section fifty-eight of 
 the above chapter] he [or she] is in sufficiently sound health and 
 physically able to perform the work which he [or she] intends to do. 
 
 This certificate belongs to [name of minor in whose behalf it is 
 drawn], and is to be surrendered to [him or her] whenever [he or 
 she] leaves the service of the corporation or employer holding the 
 same ; but if not claimed by said minor within thirty days after such 
 time, it shall be returned to the superintendent of schools, or, if 
 there is no superintendent of schools, to the school committee. 
 
 [Signature of person authorized to approve and sign, 
 with official character or authority.] 
 
 [City or town and date.] 
 
 In the case of a minor who cannot read at sight and write legibly 
 simple sentences in the English language, the certificate shall 
 continue as follows, after the word " language " : — 
 
 I hereby certify that [he or she] is regularly attending the 
 [namei] public evening school. This certificate shall 
 
 continue in force only so long as the regular attendance of said 
 minor at the evening school is endorsed weekly by a teacher thereof. 
 
 Section" 5. This act shall take effect on the first day of August 
 in the year nineteen hundred and ten. [Approved March 19, 
 1910. 
 
 Chapter 282. 
 
 An" Act relative to the appointees of the board of education". 
 Section 1. Chapter four hundred and fifty-seven of the acts of 
 the year nineteen hundred and nine is hereby amended by striking 
 out section three and inserting in place thereof the following : — 
 Section 3. The board shall appoint a commissioner of education, 
 whose term of office shall be five years, and may fix his salary at 
 such sum as the governor and council shall approve. Said com- 
 missioner may at any time be removed from office by a vote of six 
 members of the board. He shall exercise all the powers and be 
 subject to all the duties now conferred or imposed by law on the 
 secretary of the board of education. He shall be the executive 
 officer of the board, shall have supervision of all educational work 
 supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth, and shall 
 report thereon to the board. He shall be allowed for travelling ex- 
 penses a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 
 The board shall also appoint two deputy commissioners, at equal 
 
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 salaries, one of whom shall be especially qualified to deal with in- 
 dustrial education. The powers, duties, salaries and terms of 
 office of said deputy commissioners shall be such as may be estab- 
 lished from time to time by the board, but the board may, by a 
 vote of six members thereof, remove from office at any time either 
 of said deputy commissioners. The total expense for salaries in- 
 curred under this section, together with the salaries of such other 
 assistants or agents, and the cost of such clerical and messenger 
 service as may be necessary, shall not exceed forty thousand dol- 
 lars annually. The board may be allowed for rent, travelling and 
 other necessary expenses of the commissioner, the deputies, agents, 
 and of the board, incurred in the performance of their official 
 duties, such sum as shall be appropriated by the general court 
 annually, payable out of the treasury of the commonwealth. 
 
 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Ap- 
 proved March 25, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 419. 
 
 An Act relative to the licensing of minors to engage in 
 certain occupations in cities. 
 Section seventeen of chapter sixty-five of the Eevised Laws, as 
 amended by chapter five hundred and thirty-one of the acts of the 
 year nineteen hundred and two, and by chapter one hundred and 
 fifty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six, is hereby 
 further amended by adding the following sentences at the end of 
 said section : — Any person who, having a minor under his con- 
 trol, knowingly permits him to violate the provisions of this act, 
 and any person who procures or employs a minor to violate the pro- 
 visions of this act, and any person who either for himself or as 
 agent of any other person or of any corporation knowingly furnishes 
 or sells to any minor any of the articles above referred to with 
 knowledge that said minor intends to sell said articles in violation 
 of the provisions of this act, and after having received written notice 
 from the school committee that the minor is unlicensed, shall be 
 punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by 
 imprisonment for not more than six months. Truant and police 
 officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, — so as to read 
 as follows: — Section 17. The mayor and aldermen or selectmen 
 may make regulations relative to the exercise of the trade of boot- 
 blacking by minors and to the sale by minors of any goods, wares or 
 merchandise the sale of which is permitted by section fifteen, and may 
 
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 prohibit such sales or such trade, or may require a minor to obtain 
 from them a license therefor to be issued on terms and conditions 
 prescribed in such regulations : 'provided, that in the case of per- 
 sons under the age of fourteen years in the cities of the common- 
 wealth the foregoing powers shall be vested in and exercised by the 
 school committees of said cities. A minor who sells such articles 
 or exercises such trade without a license if one is required or who 
 violates the conditions of his license or any of the provisions of 
 said regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten 
 dollars for each offence. Any person who, having a minor under his 
 control, knowingly permits him to violate the provisions of this 
 act, and any person who procures or employs a minor to violate the 
 provisions of this act, and any person who either for himself or as 
 agent of any other person or of any corporation knowingly fur- 
 nishes or sells to any minor any of the articles above referred to 
 with knowledge that said minor intends to sell said articles in 
 violation of the provisions of this act, and after having received 
 written notice from the school committee that the minor is un- 
 licensed, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred 
 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months. Truant 
 and police officers shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. 
 {^Approved April 21, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 524. 
 
 An Act to provide for compulsory instruction in thrift in 
 
 THE public schools. 
 
 Section one of chapter forty-two of the Eevised Laws, relating to 
 the subjects that shall be taught in the public schools, as amended 
 by chapter one hundred and eighty-one of the acts of the year nine- 
 teen hundred and eight, is hereby further amended by inserting 
 after the word " ethics ", in the twenty-fourth line, the word : — 
 thrift. ^Approved May IS, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 532. 
 
 An Act relative to the admission of children under four- 
 teen years of age to places of amusement. 
 Section one hundred and eighty-four of chapter one hundred and 
 two of the Eevised Laws, as amended by chapter one hundred and 
 
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 seven of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and six, and by 
 chapter three hundred and fifty-five of the acts of the year nineteen 
 hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by striking out the 
 last sentence, and inserting in the place thereof the following sen- 
 tence : — The provisions of this section shall not apply to shows 
 or entertainments which take place before six o'clock in the after- 
 noon and during the hours that the school of which the cliild 
 attending such show or entertainment is a pupil is not in session. 
 It shall be prima facie evidence that such school is in session if the 
 public schools are in session in the city or town in which said show 
 or entertainment shall take place, — so as to read as follows : — 
 Section ISJf.. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, admits 
 a child under the age of fourteen years to any licensed show or place 
 of amusement unless such child is accompanied by a person above 
 the age of twenty-one years, shall, on complaint of a parent or 
 guardian of the child or of any police ofiicer or of a truant officer 
 of the city or town in which the child is so admitted, be punished 
 by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars; but he shall not 
 be liable to said fine if a child apparently fourteen years of age has 
 obtained admission by any written misrepresentation or by any un- 
 authorized entrance to said place of amusement, or has entered with 
 and apparently in the company of a person above the age of twenty- 
 one years but does not remain with such person, provided the per- 
 son in charge of said place of amusement shall remove such child 
 immediately from said place of amusement upon knowledge of the 
 fact that the child is under fourteen years of age and not then ac- 
 companied by a person above the age of twenty-one years. The pro- 
 visions of this section shall not apply to shows or entertainments 
 which take place before six o'clock in the afternoon and during the 
 hours that the school of which the child attending such show or en- 
 tertainment is a pupil is not in session. It shall be prima facie 
 evidence that such school is in session if the public schools are in 
 session in the city or town in which said show or entertainment shall 
 take place. [Approved May 18, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 65. 
 Eesolve to peovide foe tubeeculosis exhibits eoe use in the 
 
 PUBLIC schools. 
 
 Resolved, That the sum of one thousand dollars be allowed and 
 paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, to be expended under 
 
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 the supervision of the Massachusetts commission on hospitals for 
 consumptives, for the formation of small travelling school tuber- 
 culosis exhibits to be used in the public schools throughout the 
 state for purposes of instruction in hygiene and the prevention of 
 tuberculosis. [Approved April 13, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 108. 
 EeSOLVE to provide for AN" IISrVESTIGATIOlsr OF THE PRACTICABILITY 
 AND DESIRABILITY OF ESTABLISHING A FARM SCHOOL IN THE CITY 
 OF WORCESTER. 
 
 Resolved, That the state board of education shall investigate 
 the practicability and desirability of establishing a farm school in 
 the city of Worcester in which instruction may be given, free, in 
 the raising of fruits, vegetables, flowers, grains, plants and trees, 
 and in the care of domestic animals, and in which similar instruc- 
 tion suitable to their years may be given to children. The board 
 shall report in print to the general court, with such recommenda- 
 tions as it may deem proper, not later than January fifth, nineteen 
 hundred and eleven. [^Approved May 28, 1910. 
 
 Chapter 133. 
 
 EeSOLVE to PROVIDE FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND REPORT RELATIVE 
 TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. 
 
 Resolved, That the board of education is hereby authorized and 
 directed to investigate the advisability of establishing a system of 
 agricultural schools throughout the commonwealth, and to report 
 the result of its investigation with its recommendations to the next 
 general court not later than the second Wednesday in January, 
 nineteen hundred and eleven. [Approved June 10, 1910. 
 
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