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SECTION 6. [As amended by section 4, chapter 268, Acts 

 of 1906, by section 2, chapter 591, Acts of 1908, and by 

 Notices to chapter 124, Acts of 1915.] The mayor of every 

 property city and the selectmen of every town shall, on 

 or before the first day of November in each year, 

 and at such other times as he or they shall see fit, or as the 

 state superintendent may order, cause a notice to be sent to 

 the owner or owners, so far as can be ascertained, of every 

 parcel of land therein which is infested with said moths; or, 

 if such notification appears to be impracticable, then by 

 posting such notice on said parcels of land, requiring that the 

 eggs, caterpillars, pupae and nests of said moths shall be 

 destroyed within a time specified in the notice. 



The publication of the notice in newspapers published or 



circulated in the city or town at least three times during 



publication the month of October shall be deemed a com- 



lce * pliance with the law, if in the opinion of the mayor 



or selectmen such publication will be a sufficient notice. 



When, in the opinion of the mayor or selectmen, the cost 

 of destroying such eggs, caterpillars, pupa? and nests on 

 Cost to lands contiguous and held under one ownership 



in a city or town shall exceed one half of one per 

 cent of the assessed value of said lands, then a part of said 

 premises on which said eggs, caterpillars, pupae or nests shall 

 be destroyed may be designated in such notice, and such re- 

 quirement shall not apply to the remainder of said premises. 

 The mayor or selectmen may designate the manner in which 

 such work shall be done, but all work done under this section 

 shall be subject to the approval of the state superintendent. 



If the owner or owners shall fail to destroy such eggs, cater- 

 pillars, pupa? or nests in accordance with the requirements 



