MOSQUITO LEGISLATION 399 



to the board of health within whose jurisdiction such mosquito-breeding places 

 are situated, and said board shall thereupon appoint some person designated by 

 said director or his executive officer a special inspector of said board for the sole 

 purpose of acting in its behalf in abating the nuisance found to be existing, and 

 all acts and work done to abate such nuisances and to abolish such breeding places 

 shall be done in the name of and on behalf of such board of health. 



"6. If in the proceeding taken under section four of this act the common 

 council or other governing body of any municipality appropriate to the extent of 

 fifty per centum or more of the money required to abate the nuisance and to 

 abolish the mosquito-breeding places within its jurisdiction it shall become the 

 duty of said director of the Agricultural Experiment Station to set aside out of 

 the moneys herein appropriated such sum as may be necessary to complete the 

 work, and in all cases preference shall be given, in the assignment of moneys 

 herein appropriated, to those municipalities that contribute to the work and in 

 order of the percentage which they contribute; those contributing the highest 

 percentage to be in all cases preferred in order. 



" 7. In all cases where a municipality contributes fifty per centum or more 

 of the estimated cost of abolishing the breeding places for salt-marsh mosquitoes 

 within its jurisdiction, the work may be done by the municipality as other work 

 is done under its direction, and the amount set aside as pro'sdded in section six 

 may be paid to the treasurer or other disbursing officer of such municipality for 

 use in completing the work ; but no payment shall be made to such treasurer or 

 other disbursing officer until the amount appropriated by the municipality has 

 been actually expended, nor until a certificate has been filed by the director or 

 his executive officer stating that the work already done is satisfactory and suffi- 

 cient to obtain the desired result, and that the arrangements made for its com- 

 pletion are proper and can be carried out for the sum awarded. 



" 8. In all investigations made under section two of this act the report to be 

 made to the board of health requesting the survey shall state what mosquitoes 

 were found in the territory complained of, whether they are local breeders or 

 migrants from other points, and, in the case of migrants, their probable source, 

 whether the territory in question is dangerous or a nuisance because of mosquito 

 breeding, the character of the work necessary to abate such nuisance and abolish 

 the breeding places, and the probable cost of the work. Said board of health 

 must then proceed to abolish the breeding places found under the general powers 

 of such boards, but if it shall appear that the necessary cost of the work shall 

 equal or exceed the value of the land without increasing its taxable value, such 

 board may apply to the director aforesaid, who may, if he deems the matter of 

 sufficient public interest, contribute to the cost of the necessary work, provided 

 that not more than fifty per centum of the amount shall be contributed in any 

 case, and no more than five hundred dollars in any one municipality, 



" 9. All moneys contributed or set aside out of the amount appropriated in 

 this act by the director of the Agricultural Experiment Station in accordance 

 with its provisions shall be paid out by the Comptroller of the State upon the 

 certificate of said director that all the conditions and requirements of this act 

 have been complied with, and in the case provided for in section five payments 

 shall be made to the contractor upon a statement by the person in charge of the 

 work, as therein prescribed, attested by said director, showing the amount due 

 and that the work has been completed in accordance with the specifications of his 

 contract. 



" 10. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the 

 said director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station shall have power to 

 expend such amount of money, annually, as may be appropriated by the Legis- 

 lature; provided, that the aggregate sum appropriated for the purposes of this 



