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and is attacked by the elm-leaf beetle, for instance, is the 

 tree warden responsible for the damage done by the beetle ? 

 Must he protect the trees ? 



Mr. Morse. I should say no, but I do not like to make 

 a statement when I am not positive.* 



Adjourned. 



* The Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, under the provisions of chapter 196 ot 

 the Acts of 1890, as amended by chapter 49 of the Acts of 1891 and chapter 147 of the 

 Acts of 1892, has furnished from the office of the secretary of the Board approximately 

 220,000 M spikes, with accompanying washers, to the cities and towns within the 

 Commonwealth, since December, 1891. During 1899 M spikes and washers were 

 furnished on request to thirteen towns. The law designates that these spikes shall 

 be procured and furnished by the secretary of the Board of Agriculture to the mayor 

 and aldermen of the cities and the selectmen of the towns, and that the trees so 

 designated shall be " trees within the limits of the highways for the purposes of 

 ornament and shade." It is further stated that " This act shall not apply to orna- 

 mental or £hade trees whose preservation is now provided for by chapter fifty-four 

 of the Public Statutes and the acts amendatory thereof." 



