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seven of chapter three hundred and eighty-one of the acts 

 of the year nineteen hundred and five and its several amend- 

 ments. [Approved May 7, 1913. 



CHAPTER 404, ACTS OF 1914. 



An Act to authorize Cities and Towns to suppress the 

 Tent Caterpillar, Leopard Moth and Elm Beetle. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



SECTION 1. The city forester, superintendent or other 

 person having charge of the suppression of gypsy and brown 

 tail moths in each city and town in the commonwealth, or, 

 where there is no such person, the tree warden, may destroy 

 within the limits of his city or town the tent caterpillar, 

 leopard moth and elm beetle, if authorized so to do by the 

 mayor and city council or commission in cities, or by the 

 selectmen in towns. 



SECTION 2. For the purposes of this act the city forester 

 or other officer designated in section one of this act may 

 enter upon private land, and the owners of private land may 

 be taxed for work done under the provisions of section one 

 of this act in the manner provided by sections six and seven 

 of chapter three hundred and eighty-one of the acts of the 

 year nineteen hundred and five and acts in amendment thereof 

 and in addition thereto: provided, however, that nothing con- 

 tained in this act shall require the commonwealth to pay 

 any part of any such expense, other than for the suppression 

 of the gypsy and brown tail moths, that no land shall be 

 assessed under the provisions of this act which has been 

 assessed the maximum amount provided by said sections six 

 and seven and amendments thereof for the suppression of 



