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during the period up to and including May first, nineteen hundred and 

 seven, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Of this amount sev- 

 enty-five thousand dollars may be expended during the calendar year 

 nineteen hundred and five ; one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and 

 any unexpended balance of the previous year, may be expended dui'ing the 

 calendar year nineteen hundred and six ; and seventy -five thousand dollars, 

 and any unexpended balance of the previous years, may be expended dur- 

 ing the calendar year nineteen hundred and seven, up to and including 

 May first. 



SECTION 9. An additional sum of ten thousand dollars in each of the 

 years nineteen hundred and five, nineteen hundred and six and nineteen 

 hundred and seven may, in the discretion of the state superintendent, be 

 expended by him for experimenting with parasites or natural enemies for 

 destroying said moths, and any unexpended balance of any year may be 

 expended in the subsequent years. 



SECTION 10. Chapter two hundred and ten of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one and sections one and two of chapter five 

 hundred and forty-four of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-eight and section two of chapter fifty-seven of the acts of the year 

 nineteen hundred and two, are hereby repealed. 



SECTION 11. A person who wilfully resists or obstructs the superin- 

 tendent or an official of a city or town, or a servant or agent duly em- 

 ployed, while lawfully engaged in the execution of the purposes of this 

 act, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. 



SECTION 12. Valuations of real and personal property of the year 

 nineteen hundred and four shall govern the provisions of this act. 



SECTION 13. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 May 8, 1905. 



