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such times and under such reasonable regulations as the commission maj^ 

 determine. 



2. The director of the State Experiment Station shall be a member ex- 

 officio of each commission and shall co-operate with them for the effective 

 carrying out of their plans and work. The said director shall serve with- 

 out compensation, except that the necessary expenses actually incurred by 

 him in the attendance of meetings of said commissions shall be allowed and 

 paid. He shall furnish the said commissions with such surveys, maps, in- 

 formation and advice as they may require for the prosecution of their work 

 or, as in his opinion, will be of advantage in connection therewith. 



3. Every such commission shall have the power to eliminate all breeding 

 places of mosquitoes within the county wherein it is appointed, and to do and 

 perform all acts and to carry out all plans which in their opinion and judg- 

 ment may be necessary or proper for the elimination of breeding places of 

 mosquitoes or which will tend to exterminate mosquitoes within said- 

 county. 



4. Said commission shall, on or before the first day of April in each and" 

 every year, file, with the director of the State Experiment Station a detailed" 

 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 estimates, plans and methods 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 May following its receipt. 



5. It shall be the duty of the board of chosen freeholders of each county, 

 or other body having control of the finances thereof, to include the amount 

 of money approved by the director of the State Experiment Station, annually 

 in the tax levy ; provided, however, that in no year shall the amount so- 

 raised exceed the amount hereinafter specified, to wit, in counties where the- 

 assessed valuations are not more than $25,000,000.00, a sum not greater than 

 one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations ; in counties where the as- 

 sessed valuations are not more than $50,000,000.00, a sum not more than one- 

 half of one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations ; in counties in whiclr 

 the assessed valuations are in excess of $50,000,000.00, a sum not more than 

 one-quarter of one mill on every dollar of assessed valuations. 



6. The moneys so raised, or so much thereof as may be required, shall be 

 paid from time to time to the said mosquito commission on the requisition 

 of said commission, duly signed and approved by the president and secretary 

 thereof. 



7. It shall he the duty of each commission annually, on or before the first 

 day of November in each year, to submit to the director of the State Ex- 

 periment Station and to the board of chosen freeholders in their respective- 

 counties, a report setting forth the amount of moneys expended during the 

 previous year, the methods employed, the work accomplished and any other 

 information which in their judgment may seem pertinent. 



8. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter, amend, modify or repeal 

 the provisions of chapter 134 of the laws of 1906, or alter, amend, modify or 

 repeal any act now existing conferring upon state or local boards of health 

 any powers or duties in connection with the extermination of mosquitoes 

 in said state, but shall be construed to be supplementary thereto. 



