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Sec. 9. An additional sum of ten thousand dollars in each of the years nineteen 

 hundred and five, nineteen hundred and six and nineteen hundred and seven may, 

 in the discretion of the state superintendent, be expended by him for experimenting 

 with parasites or natural enemies for destroying said moths, and any unexpended 

 balance of any year may be expended in the subsequent years. 



Sec. 10. Chapter two hundred and ten of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-one and sections one and two of chapter five hundred and forty-four of the acts 

 of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and section two of chapter fifty-seven 

 of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and two, are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 11. [As amended by section 6, chapter 268, acts of 1906.] A person who will- 

 fully resists or obstructs the superintendent or an official of a city or town, or a servant 

 or agent duly employed by said superintendent or by any of said officials, while law- 

 fully engaged in the execution of the purposes of this act, or who knowingly fails to 

 comply with any of the rules or regulations issued by said superintendent, shall forfeit 

 a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. 



Sec. 12. Valuations of real and personal property of the year nineteen hundred and 

 four shall govern the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 13. This act shall take effect upon its passage. 



Approved May 8, 1905. 



This law is now in force, with a few minor administrative amend- 

 ments. In the spring of 1909, following the resignation of the state 

 superintendent, an amendment was enacted placing the work in charge 

 of the state forester. 



The law provides a cooperative plan f6r fighting the gipsy moth 

 and brown-tail moth by which each infested city or town is required 

 to appoint a local superintendent and to expend annually a certain 

 amount, based on its valuation, and, after this has been done, sub- 

 ject to the approval of the state forester, reimbursement is allowed 

 by the State in amounts graduated according to assessed valuation. 

 Thus the large cities are required to expend a larger amount before 

 receiving any reimbursement from the State, and then receive a 

 smaller percentage than the towns ^ith small valuations and large 

 areas of woodland, which are very expensive to treat. 



Cities and towns with an assessed valuation on real and personal 

 property of $12,500,000 or more shall, after expending $5,000 in 

 any one year, be reimbursed 50 per cent of all further expenditures. 



Cities and towns where the assessed valuation ranges between 

 $6,000,000 and $12,500,000, after expending one twenty-fifth of 1 per 

 cent of the valuation, are reimbursed 80 per cent of aU further 

 expenditures. 



Cities and towns where the assessed valuation falls below $6,000,000 

 are required to expend one twenty-fifth of 1 per cent and are reim- 

 bursed in full for aU further expenditures. 



The property owner is required to clear his premises of the insects 

 and to expend therefor not more than one-half of 1 per cent, or $5 per 

 $1,000, of the assessed valuation. In case of failure to do this work 

 after proper notice has been served, the premises may be treated by 



