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such neglect or refusal after the receipt of due notice from the 

 board of agriculture that their city or town is thus infested. 



Section 5. The owner or manager of any infested premises 

 who shall, after the receipt of a notice in writing from the mayor 

 and aldermen of his city or from the selectmen of his town, or 

 from the board of agriculture, neglect or refuse to comply with 

 this act, shall upon conviction of such neglect or refusal, before 

 any court of competent jurisdiction, be fined one dollar for every 

 day of such neglect, or confined in jail not more than five days 

 nor less than one day, or suffer both penalties in the discretion of 

 the court. 



Section 6. This axit shall take effect upon its passage. [-4p- 

 provecl June 11, 1897. 



In the mean time, the caterpillars were swarming in large 

 numbers along the line of the Fitchburg Railroad at Somer- 

 ville, and were evidently being scattered on trains. A few 

 of the employees of the gypsy moth committee therefore 

 were detailed to stamp out this pest spot, and this was done, 

 the caterpillars being destroyed by spraying with soap solu- 

 tions and kerosene emulsion. On June 24, 1897, the ex- 

 ecutive connnittee of the Board of Agriculture voted to 

 advise the mayors of Somerville, Cambridge, Maiden, Med- 

 ford and Everett that the brown-tail moth had become 

 colonized in their resi)ectivc municipalities, and urging 

 them to take means to secure its suppression. It was also 

 voted to spend a sum not to exceed $150 in examining 

 towns thought to be infested. As a result, it was found 

 that the moth had already become widely dispersed. The 

 result of the examination made in the fall of lSi)7 is given 

 below : — 



Somerville, 

 Cambridge, 

 Medlbrd, 

 Maiden, 

 Everett, 

 Melrose, 

 Stoneham, , 

 Arlington, , 



21 

 19 

 7 

 8 

 3 

 2 

 1 



It is probable the moth was distributed elsewhere at the 

 time of this inspection, which from lack of funds was neces- 



