Chap. 667	An Act authorizing the establishment of a prison reforestation camp on land under the control of the metropolitan district commission.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 127 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 83A, inserted by chapter 755 of the acts
of 1951, and inserting in place thereof the following section: --Section SSA. The commissioner is hereby authorized to establish, on land under the control of the department of natural resources or of the metropolitan district commission and upon sites approved by the commissioner of natural resources or the metropolitan district commission, as the ease may be, camps to which male prisoners, except those serving sentence for life, may be removed for employment, as designated and approved by the commissioner of natural resources or the metropolitan district commission, as the case may be, in reforestation, maintenance and development of state forests, who have shown by their conduct and disposition that they would be amenable to less rigorous discipline and would benefit from work in the open air; provided, however, that only one such camp may be established on land under the control of the metropolitan district commission. Before any site for any such camp shall be approved, a public hearing shall be held by the commissioner of natural resources or by the metropolitan district commission, as the case may be, in a city or town situated within a radius of ten miles of the proposed site.
Approved August 10, 1956.