A NEW STATUTE. 



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hereby appropriated and authorized to be expended b}^ the said 

 board in carrying out the purposes of this act. 



Sect. 10. All the property acquired and records kept under the 

 provisions of said chapter ninety-five of the acts of the year eigh- 

 teen hundred and ninety shall be delivered into the custody of said 

 board, and said board is authorized to take, receive and use the 

 same for the purposes of this act. 



Sect. 11. Chapter ninety-five of the acts of the year eighteen 

 hundred and ninety is hereby repealed, but all claims for damages 

 under said chapter ninety-five for entry upon and acts done on 

 the lands of any person may be prosecuted, as therein provided, 

 against the city or town wherein the lands entered upon are situate, 

 and the damages shall be ascertained and one-half of the amount 

 thereof recovered against any city or town shall be refunded to 

 such city or town as provided in said chapter ninety-five. [^Ap- 

 proved April 17, 1891. 



A special meeting of the Board of Agriculture was held 

 on April 28, and Messrs. Sessions, Shaler and Appleton 

 were appointed a committee in accordance with the provi- 

 sions of section 8 of the act. 



This committee organized on May 19, with the choice of 

 Mr. Sessions as chairman and secretary. The committee 

 continued the work which it had begun as a commission, 

 confirming the appointment of the field director, and directed 

 that the work being done in the field should be continued. 

 A code of rules and regulations for the public was adopted. 

 (See Appendix B.) At the time of appointment of the 

 second commission there remained unexpended of the ap- 

 propriation of 1890 the sum of $24,460.68. On May 19 

 $11,003.22 only remained. On June 30 an additional ap- 

 propriation of $50,000 was made by the Legislature. 



Mapping the Infested Region. 

 In apportioning the territory to diflerent inspectors, it was 

 found necessary to make a hasty survey of the field and to 

 plat it on maps of the towns known to be infested and those 

 contiguous to them. These maps were divided into sections 

 of such size as could be conveniently carried by the men 

 engaged in field work. For convenience these sections 

 were so drawn as to be bounded by town lines, streets and 



