314 THE MOSQUITOES OF NEW JERSEY 



1. Section 4 of the act of which this act is amendatory be and the same is 

 hereby amended so that it shall read as follows : 



4. Said commission shall, on or before the first day of November in each 

 and every year, file with the director of the State Experiment Station a de- 

 tailed estimate of the moneys required for the ensuing year, and a plan of 

 the work to be done and the methods to be employed. The said director shall 

 have the power to approve, modify or alter the said estimates, plans and 

 methods, and the estimate, plan and method finally approved by him shall 

 be by him forwarded to the board of chosen freeholders in each county on or 

 before the first day of December following its receipt. 



2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1919. 

 Approved April 11, 1919. 



In 1904 an act known as Chapter 119, Laws of 1904, designating 

 mosquito breeding as a nuisance to be eliminated by local board of 

 health action was written in the statutes. In some respects this act is 

 contrary to the principle set forth elsewhere in this book, in that it 

 places the cost of elimination upon property owners on whose property 

 the breeding occurs, in spite of the fact that the benefit of such action 

 would be enjoyed by all persons living in the community. 



Since it is logical that mosquito works should be financed from public 

 funds, the individual has no right to set up any condition on his prop- 

 erty that will create additional mosquito breeding places, or increase 

 such as already exist naturally, without himself providing adequate 

 funds which can be used by the proper public mosquito control agency 

 to eliminate the mosquito breeding thus created. No legislative enact- 

 ment directly covering this principle has been made in New Jersey. 

 However, the board of health provision above cited in Chapter 119, 

 Laws of 1904 and a similar power granted to mosquito commissions in 

 Chapter 143, Laws of 1927, can be invoked against property holders 

 who transgress this principle. The text of Chapter 143, Laws of 1927 

 follows : 



CHAPTER 134, LAWS OF 1906 



AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 143, LAWS OF 1927 



An Act to amend the title and body of an act entitled "An act to provide 

 for locating and abolishing mosquito breeding salt marsh, and flooded areas 

 within the State, for assistance in dealing with certain inland breeding 

 places, and appropriating money to carry its provisions into effect," ap- 

 proved April twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and six. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 

 Jersey: The title of the above act is hereby amended to read as follows: "An 



