Excerpt from Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission Resolved, The department of public works is hereby authorized to prepare and erect suitable Signs and markers, including such as may be submitted by the Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission, with suitable inscriptions thereon, indicating the ancient ways of the Puritan times and the structures or places relating to or associated with the early settlements within the commonwealth. After erection, these signs and markers Shall be maintained by said department from appropriations made for the maintenance of highways. For such purpose said department may expend a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars to be paid from item six hundred and eighty-eight of the general appropriation act of the current year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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