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CHAPTER 242, ACTS OF 1911. 



An Act relative to Abatement of Taxes for the Sup- 

 pression of Moths. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



SECTION 1. A person aggrieved by the taxes assessed 

 upon him for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths 

 pursuant to the provisions of sections six and Applicat i on 

 seven of chapter three hundred and eighty-one {Jjjjf Jj^ 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, 

 as amended by chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the 

 acts of the year nineteen hundred and six, by chapter five 

 hundred and twenty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hun- 

 dred and seven, and by chapter five hundred and ninety-one 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and eight, may, 

 within six months after the date of the first tax bill issued 

 on account of the taxes complained of, apply to the assessors 

 for the abatement thereof; and if they find that he is taxed 

 for more than his legal proportion, or for an amount in excess 

 of what should have been assessed pursuant to the statute 

 under which the tax was laid, they shall make a reasonable 

 abatement. 



SECTION 2. The assessors shall not abate a tax under the 

 provisions of section one except upon the written recom- 

 mendation of the board or officer who certified the assessment 

 in question to the assessors or provided them with the in- 

 formation as to the work performed, upon which such tax 

 was assessed, unless the error or excess complained of origi- 

 nated in the work of the assessors who laid the tax. 



SECTION 3. The assessors shall keep a record of all taxes 



