^« rilK HK()WX-'r\IL MOTH. 



«»nlv :i liii.iir.i ..M. . Mulv or less activity was shown on 

 (Ik- i«»rl of iiimii.ipalitics in suppressing the moth in the 

 winter wf Ks;t7-!».^, p:irtirul:irly in stamping out the worst- 

 infesU'tl spots in Soruer\ iUe and Cambridge. June 20, 1898, 

 tin* Inw nlative to tli«' brown-tail Juoth was amended, and 

 the fidluwiiiL' law enaeted : — 



IChaptkk M4, Acts of 18i»8.] 

 An a. I TO KKIJI IKK TIIK >T.\TK 1{<»A1U) OF AGRICULTURE TO TAKE 

 «ll\m.K OK lUK WoKK OK EXTERMINATING THE BROWN TAIL 

 MoTM. 

 /if it tnarUd, rti-., a.< jhl loirs : 



SKtTios 1. W'lji-nevor the pest known as the l)iown tail moth 

 irt (liKccivt-red in any eity or town of this Commonwealth, it shall 

 Ik' Ihe (liitv of the state board of ajyrieulture to take immediate 

 sU'ps U) prevent its si»read ; and, in the discharge of the duty im- 

 posed upon said board l)y this act, said board is hereby vested 

 with all the powers now conferred upon it by law in exterminating 

 Uie ^ypsy uiolh, and may expend of the money heretofore appro- 

 priated for the extermination «>f the gypsy moth :i sum not exceed- 

 ing ten thousand tlollars. 



Sk<tion 2. Any person who purposely resists or obstructs said 

 Htatt" iMiurd of agriculture or any person or persons in its employ, 

 while en^a^^ed in tiie execution of the purposes of this act shall 

 Ik- punished by a line not exceeding twenty-live dollars for each 

 offt'uee. 



Si:«.TioN '.). It shall he unlawful for any person knowingly to 

 liriiif^ tiie insect known as the brown tail moth, or its nests or eggs 

 into tlii» Coininonwealth, or for any person knowingly to transport 

 (isid iuKect or its nests or eggs from any town or city to another 

 tijwn or city within this Commonwealth, except while engaged in 

 nnd for the purposes of destroying them. Any person who vio- 

 lalcH the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not 

 fxeceilinj; two hundred dollars or hy imprisonment in the house 

 of correeliou not exceeding sixty days, or by both said line and 

 iinpritioiunent. 



Sr.nioN 1. Chapter live hundred and sixteen of the acts of the 

 yenr eij^'lilvrn liunilreil and nint-ty-seven is herel)y repealed. [Ap- 

 j>r<»rtl June 'JO, iS'.fS. 



Tliis brtaiglit tin- work of suppressing the motli directly 

 under tlie control of the gypsy niotli ((.niiuittee. It was 

 de«ided t<i (hday active measures until the fall, when a 



