Scope and Content: The Greylock Park Association, established by the Massachusetts General Court per St 1885, c 166, was authorized to obtain and hold lands for a public park on Greylock Mountain in the towns of Adams, North Adams, and Williamstown. –St 1898, c 543 established the Greylock State Reservation and the Greylock Reservation Commission, a three person, governor-appointed board of Berkshire County residents responsible for acquiring land and administering the reservation. The act granted the commission the power and authority to care for, protect, and maintain the reservation on behalf of the Commonwealth. The act also required the Greylock Park Association to transfer title to its land to the Commonwealth, whereupon –The commission was specifically placed under the governor’s department by St 1933, c 336. St 1966, c 444 abolished the Greylock Reservation Commission and transferred the management and operation of Greylock State Reservation to the Dept. of Natural Resources.
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