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abated under the provisions of this act and shall preserve for 

 three years all written recommendations received pursuant 

 to section two. They shall furnish the collector of taxes with 

 a certificate of each abatement hereunder, which shall relieve 

 him from the collection of the sum abated. 

 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



CHAPTER 605, ACTS OF 1913. 



An Act to authorize Local Moth Superintendents to 

 furnish Arsenate of Lead to Real Estate Owners. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



SECTION 1. For the purpose of assisting in the extermina- 

 tion of gypsy and brown tail moths, the local moth superin- 

 tendent in any city or town now receiving aid from the 

 commonwealth in suppressing the said insect pests is hereby 

 authorized to furnish, at the cost thereof, arsenate of lead to 

 any owner of real estate situated within the limits of such 

 city or town. Material purchased under the provisions hereof 

 shall be used only for the suppression of gypsy and brown 

 tail moths and only upon land of the purchaser. 



SECTION 2. The amounts due for material furnished under 

 the provisions of section one shall be charged by the local 

 moth superintendent to the owners of private estates and 

 shall be collected in the same manner as the amounts assessed 

 for private work, and shall be a lien on said estates in the 

 same manner as the assessments for private work. The 

 amount thus charged shall be deducted from the total amount 

 expended in each city or town in the suppression of gypsy 

 and brown tail moths in the same manner as the amounts 

 charged for private work, as provided for in sections six and 



