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and present to the Legislature such an act as would give local 

 Boards of Health the necessary powers to deal with mosquito 

 breeding places as such. 



After consulting with counsel it was determined that all that 

 was needed was a slight amendment to the organic law under 

 which local Boards of Health are empowered to act, and the 

 words, "water in which mosquito larv?e breed," were introduced 

 in sections 13 and 14 of the organic law, wherever the powers of 

 such local boards were specified. 



The bill proposing this amendment was introduced by Mr. 

 Duffield, of Essex, and became known as the Duffield Act. It 

 passed both houses and was approved by the Governor, forming 

 Chapter 119 of the Laws of 1904. The full text of the law as 

 it stands at present is as follows : 



An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish in this 

 state boards of health and a bureau of vital statistics and to 

 define their respective powers and duties," approved March 

 thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the 

 State of Nezv Jersey: 



I. Sections thirteen and fourteen of the act entitled "An act 

 to establish in this state boards of health and a bureau of vital 

 statistics, and to define their respective powers and duties," ap- 

 proved March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and 

 eighty-seven, be and the same are hereby amended to read as 

 follows : 



13. Said local boards shall, within their respective jurisdic- 

 tions, examine into all nuisances, foul or noxious odors, gases or 

 vapors, water in which mosquito larv?e breed, and all causes of 

 disease which may be known to them or brought to their atten- 

 tion which, in their opinion, are injurious to the health of the 

 inhabitants therein, and shall cause the same to be removed and 

 abated ; whenever such nuisance, noxious odors, gases or vapors, 

 water in which mosquito larvse breed, or cause of ill health or 

 disease shall be found on public property or on a highway, notice 

 shall be officially given by the said board to the person in charge 

 thereof officially, and such persons shall be notified to remove 

 and abate the same; and if there be failure or neglect to comply 

 with such notice, the mode of procedure shall be the same as is 

 hereinafter provided in case of private individuals. 



14. Where such nuisances, noxious gases or vapors, water in 

 which mosquito larvae breed, or cause of ill health or disease shall 

 be found on private property, the said board shall cause notice 



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