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THE GYPSY MOTH. 



Appendix B. 



REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE STATE 

 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Under Chapter 210, Acts of 1891. 



EuLES AND Regulations for the Public. 



1. All persons are forbidden by law to remove the eggs or 

 any other form of the gypsy moth from one city or town to 

 another, and are requested to exercise care against so transport- 

 ing the gypsy moth on teams and carriages. 



2. All persons are forbidden to remove from any locality in 

 the towns of Medford, Everett, Chelsea, Maiden, Melrose, Cam- 

 bridge, Winchester, Somerville and Arlington any hay, manure, 

 wood, bark, trees, rags, lumber or shrubbery of any kind, without 

 a written permit from the Board of Agriculture. Persons desiring 

 to remove such materials will notify the field director, 13 Stan- 

 wood Hall, Maiden. 



3. All persons are forbidden to in any way imitate or erase the 

 marks employed by this Board to designate trees, fences or build- 

 ings which are infested or have been cleaned. 



4. All vehicles leaving the above-named district may be 

 stopped by the officers of the Board and delayed until their con- 

 tents have been sufficiently inspected to determine the fact that 

 they are not liable to transport the eggs or any other form of the 

 insect. 



5. No person shall trim, scrape or cut down trees within the 

 district known to be infested by the gypsy moth, or remove them 

 without first notifying this Board, and having said trees thoroughly 

 inspected, and, if found infested, cleaned under its direction. 



The eggs of the gypsy moth are frequently scattered abroad by 

 scraping the trees and by careless gathering ; therefore, all per- 

 sons except the authorized agents of this Board are forbidden to 

 remove the eggs of the gypsy moth from the trees or other objects 

 upon which they may have been deposited, or to remove such 

 infested trees or objects from one place to another. 



Land owners and tenants are requested to destroy all other 

 forms of the moth which they may find upon their premises. 



