LEGISLATION 147 



passed by both houses, but did not receive the Gov- 

 ernor's signature. Had this bill become a law, it would 

 have been the first enactment of its kind in the United 

 States directed specifically towards the extermination 

 of the Anopheles mosquito by local communities with 

 the object of controlling malaria. 



The bill provided that the Board of Supervisors in 

 any county, on its own motion or upon receiving a 

 petition from ten or more taxpayers residing in the 

 proposed district, should pass a resolution declaring 

 its intention to do all work- necessary for the exter- 

 mination of Anopheles mosquitoes, describing the 

 boundaries of the district to be benefited and assessed 

 for the benefits. The petition mentioned was required 

 to give the boundaries of the proposed district, to 

 show that a survey had been made of the district 

 under the direction of the State Board of Health, and 

 that such survey showed that there were one or more 

 breeding places of Anopheles mosquitoes within the 

 proposed district. 



The resolution of intention to do the work was 

 required to be published, and opportunity was given 

 to any one who objected to the work to appear before 

 the Board and state his reasons for objecting. If they 

 were not valid, the Board was to proceed to order the 

 work done, appointing three commissioners to assess 

 benefits and damages and have general supervision of 

 the work. These commissioners were to have made a 

 thorough sanitary survey of the district, make and 



