No. 4.] REPORT OF STATE FORESTER. 261 



Acts of 1910, Chapter 150. 



An Act relative to the Appointment of Local Superintendents 

 FOR the Suppression of the Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths. 



Be it enacted, etc., as follows: 



Section 1. Section four of chapter three hundred and eighty-one 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and five, as amended by section 

 two of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of the year nine- 

 teen hundred and six, and by section one of chapter five hundred and 

 twenty-one of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby 

 further amended by striking out at the beginning thereof, the words 

 " Cities and towns by such public officer or board as they shall designate 

 or appoint, shall under the advice and general direction of said super- 

 intendent ", and inserting in place thereof the words : — The mayor 

 and aldermen in cities and the selectmen in towns shall annually in the 

 month of March or April appoint a local superintendent for the sup- 

 pression of gypsy and brown tail moths. Said superintendent shall, 

 under the advice and general direction of the state forester, — also by 

 inserting after the word " herein ", in the eighth line, the words : — 

 The appointment of a local superintendent shall not take effect unless 

 approved by the state forester, and when so approved, notice of the 

 appointment shall be given by the mayor and aldermen or the selectmeu 

 to the person so appointed, — so that the first paragraph of said section 

 as amended will read as follows : — Section 4. The mayor and aldermen 

 in cities and the selectmen in towns shall annually in the month of 

 March or April appoint a local superintendent for the suppression of 

 gj"psy and brown tail moths. Said superintendents shall, under the 

 advice and general direction of the state forester, destroy the eggs, cater- 

 pillars, pupae and nests of the gypsy and brown tail moths within their 

 limits, except in parks and other property under the control of the com- 

 monwealth, and except in private property, save as otherwise provided 

 herein. The appointment of a local superintendent shall not take effect 

 unless approved by the state forester, and when so approved, notice of 

 the appointment shall be given by the mayor and aldermen or the select- 

 men to the person so appointed. When any city or town shall have 

 expended within its limits city or town funds to an amount in excess 

 of five thousand dollars in any one fiscal year, in suppressing gypsy 

 or brown tail moths, the commonwealth shall reimburse such city or 

 town to the extent of fifty per cent of such excess above said five thou- 

 sand dollars. 



Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved 

 March 2, 1910. 



