The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1909-04-08

stages as may be found within the limits
OF the pubic streets and parks. said
limit 10 extend To tine distance OF sixty
feet from the center OF the public streets
OF highways aud include ali trees and
shfubBz ny growing thereon Should such
municipal officers neglect or tail WITHIN
reasonable time TO perform the duties
herein imposed upon them, then the com
Missioner Of agriculture SHAH order SucH
city, town or plantation to proceed to
destroy TIN above nainea insects in ac-
COTddnce With methods to be prescribed
10y him and 10 spend such an amount In
the above named work as ne shall deem
necessary. If the amount thus expended
during one fun yeat shall exceed one
twentieth OF one per cent OF the tax
valuation Of said city or town, then the
city or town shall be reimbursed accord
ing to section eleven.
II any city. town or plantation shall
fail to comply with the directions OF said
commissioner IN the performance of said
work and the expenditure Of sucn money
within the time specified by him, then
the commissioner Of agriculture snail
cause the said wolk to be done and shall
charge the actual expense OF the same
to said city or town; such amount to be
collected as n state tax and credited TO
thiB appropriation
Whenever city, town or plantation is
notified by the commissioner oI asficul-
ture OF the presence OF the brown-tai,
moth OF San Jose scale, the mayor OF
each city, tie seiectmen Of each town
and the assessors OF each plantation
shall notify each owner OF real estate
located therein, requiring him to de-
stroy the above named Insects In his
orchard and shade trees within a Specified
time. IL the owner fails to destroy the
above named insects before the specified
time, then the city, town or plantation
subject to the approval OF the commits
sioner OF agriculture, shall destroy them,
and shall assess upon such aforesaid real
estate the actual cost of so doing, TO an
amount however, not exceeding one per
81 IA Fut lar nf
above named property. The amount so
assessed shall be collected in the form of
a tax. II the expense incurred by the
town In the performance of the above
named duties shall exceed the last above
named amount, Athe town shall be reifn-
bursed by the commissioner OF agricul-
ture by an amount equal to this excess,
providing the work has been done ac-
cording to the provisions Of this act.
1t shall be the duty Of the commits
sioner of agriculture to disseminate In
formation concerning the broWn-tatl and
gypsy moths, San Jose scale and other
Injurious insects.
Cities and towns may raise the sums
necessary to carry out the provisions OF
this section in the same manner in when
money Is raised for other necessary
municipal purposes.
Section S. Sections eight and nine of
chapter fifteen are hereby repealed.
Section G. Section eleven Is hereby
amended by striking out all beyond line
twenty-five and inserting the following;
No city or town shall be entitled TO re,
endorsement from the state as aforesaid
unity It shall have submitted, under oatn,
to the commissioner of agriculture its
itemized, receipted accounts and vouchers
showing the amounts expended by II IN
the process of destroying the above
named pests according to the provisions
OF this act This act recognizes only the
actual expenditure of funds FOR the ex-
termination of the above named pests In
the above named territory, within the
limits of the public streets and parks,
and does not recognize the bounty system;
so called so that said section as aInehdeu
shall read as follows:
Section IL. When any city or town
shall have expended in any one calendar
year, within It's limits, its funds to an
amount equal to one-twentieth of one per
cent of it's assessed valuation OF the
previous year In destroying or suppress
Ing the brown-tail moth, San Jose scale
gypsy moth. in any OF their stages. as
herein provided, 1t shall receive relfh-
bursement from the state as follows:
Cities or towns having total assessed
valuation of seven hundred and htty
thousand dollars or less shall receive such
sums an may In the Judgment or the com
missioner OF agriculture have been neces-
sarily expended by them In excess OF one,
twentieth of one per cent or sucn assessor
Cities aud towns having total assessed
valuati Of more than seven hundred anu
ATTY thousand dollars and not exceeding
one million five hundred thousand dol
lars assessed valuation, shall receive
seventy-hve per cent of SUCH sum as
of agriculture have been EXPENDED by
them In excess of one-twentieth OF one
per cent OF such valuation.
Cities or towns having total assessed
valuation of more than one million five
hundred thousand dollars shall receive
fifty per cent of such sums as may N
the Judgment of the comrnissl 10. VI
agriculture have been expended by them
In excess of one-twentieth OF one per
cent of such valuation. .,.,, .
No city or town shall be entitled to
reimbursement from the state as a1ore-
said until 1t shall have submitted, under
oath. to the commissioner OF agriculture
its itemized, receipted accounts ana
vouchers showing the amounts expehaaeeo o
by II In the process of destroying the
above named pests according TO the pro-
visions of this act This act applies only
to the actual expenditure OF FUNDS for tne
determination of the above named pests ,,
in the above named territory, namely;
within the limits Of public streets ana
parks and does not apply to the bounty
Section I. Section twelve of said chap
ter fifteen is hereby amended by prenxs,iinis
the following: In view OF the possibility
of spreading the gypsy, moth by careless
danger involved. the entire work OF sup,
pressing this pest In all its forms snall
be done under the direct charge, OF the
commissioner OF agricuitute anu ,d seco
ton as amended shall read as follows,
Section IL. In view of the possibility
of spreading the gypsy, moth by careless
parties who do not understand the grave
danger involved. the entire work or sup,
pressing this pest in all Its forms snall
be done under the direct charge. OF the
commissioner Of agriculture ana Is 0o
considered In this act.
propriate OF raise sum or money anu
shall pay the same over to the sthte
treasury for the purpose OF exterln,na' the
commissioner of agriculture shall cause
such amount to be expended In such CITY
Tor town as herein provided, together WIN
an equivalent amount s fr1 Pro vide how
ever, II 1t be found by the commissioner
of agriculture unnecessary or impracu-
cable to expend such entire amount our
ing the year following such payment 10
the state treasurer one-half the. amount
so remaining unexpended snaii Dc re'ih-
bursed to such city or town.
Section g. Trial justices and municlpai
courts are vested with the original 1urls,
diction. concurrent with the supreme ana
superior courts to try, and. upon, convic-
ton, to punish, for offenses against the
provisions of this act. -, s.,a
chapter thirteen Is hereby amended py
striking out all OF said section and insert
ing in place thereof the following;
Section 49, For the purpose or carrying
into effect the provisions Of this act there
shall be appropriated the sum OF tnrty-
five thousand dollars annually TO be ex-
pended under the supervision or the com
missioner of agriculture upon the preseh1
tation OF properly approved bills for the
same. ANY part of this appropriation
remaining unexpended at the end OF any
calendar year may be expenoed CURING
the following year
Section 10. Section fifteen Is hereby re-
pealed.--(Approved Mar. 80
Chapter 35.