16 GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS. [Jan. 



Redress by Abatement and Appeal. 



The assessors may abate the moth assessment in the case of any 

 private laud owner decided by them to be unable to pay it because 

 of age, infirmity or poverty. 



Appeal to the county superior court, with special provision for 

 prompt hearing, is provided by the statute for any person ag- 

 grieved by assessment on account of this work ; provided a com- 

 plaint is entered within thirty days of notice of such assessment. 



Appropriation by the Commonwealth. 



To meet the expenses incurred under its moth-suppression law, 

 the Commonwealth has appropriated $300,000. Of this sum, 

 $75,000 may be expended during 1905, $150,000 (and any un- 

 expended balance) during 1906, and $75,000 (and any unexpended 

 balance) during 1907, up to May 1, 1907, inclusive. 



For the purpose of experimenting with natural enemies for 

 destroying the moths $10,000 is additionally appropriated for 

 each of the years 1905, 1906 and 1907. 



Reimbursements to Cities and Toiuns. 



1. Cities and towns with valuation of real and personal estate 

 of $12,500,000 or more, having spent $5,000 in any one calendar 

 year, shall be reimbursed annually fifty per cent (one-half) of all 

 further expenditure. 



2. Cities and towns with valuation less than $12,500,000 and 

 more than $6,000,000, having spent an amount equal to oue- 

 twenty-fifth of one per cent of such valuation in one year, shall 

 be reimbursed annually eighty per cent (four-fifths) of all further 

 expenditure. 



3. Towns with valuation less than $6,000,000, having spent an 

 amount equal to oue-twenty-fifth of one per cent of such valua- 

 tion in one year, shall be reimbursed once in sixty days for all 

 further expenditure. 



Limits to required Expenditure by Cities and Towns. 

 No city or town with an assessed real and personal valuation of 

 more than $6,000,000 shall be required to expend in the suppres- 

 sion of the moths, during any one full year, more than one-fifteenth 

 of one per cent of such valuation. No town with an assessed real 

 and personal valuation of less than $6,000,000 shall be required 

 to thus expend during any one full year more than one-tweuty-fifth 

 of one per cent of such valuation. 



