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the assessment, may allow the recovery back of an amount 

 wrongfully assessed which has been paid, may set aside, in a 

 suit begun within three years from the date thereof, a col- 

 lector's sale made under an erroneous assessment, may 

 award costs to either party and may render such judgment as 

 justice and equity require. 



If, in the opinion of the assessors, the owner of an estate 

 upon which an assessment as aforesaid has been made is, by 

 reason of age, infirmity or poverty unable to pay Abatement 

 the assessment, they may upon application abate of tax ' 

 the same. Every city or town in rendering an account to 

 the state auditor as provided for in section four of this act 

 shall deduct from such amount as it has expended the total 

 amount it has assessed for work performed under section six 

 of this act during the term covered by the account : provided, 

 such w r ork was performed under such conditions as require 

 reimbursement in whole or in part by the state. 



SECTION 8. To meet the expenses incurred under au- 

 thority of this act, there shall be allowed and paid out of the 

 treasury of the commonwealth, during the period Appropria- 

 up to and including May first, nineteen hundred t ' 

 and seven, the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Of 

 this amount seventy-five thousand dollars may be expended 

 during the calendar year nineteen hundred and five; one 

 hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and any unexpended 

 balance of the previous year, may be expended during the 

 calendar year nineteen hundred and six; and seventy-five 

 thousand dollars, and any unexpended balance of the previous 

 years, may be expended during the calendar year nineteen 

 hundred and seven, up to and including May first. 

 SECTION 9. An additional sum of ten thousand dollars in 



