22 P.D. 123 



The figures given above cover the new ditches constructed, and the old 

 ditches and existing water courses which were either cleaned or redug. 



In the two remaining seacoast projects, namely Cape Cod and Nantucket, 

 the work on which was started in the late spring of 1930, the total ditching 

 up to November 30, 1931, was as follows: 



Cape Cod, 1,250 miles, of which 216 miles were constructed in 1930; 



1,034 miles in 1931. 

 Nantucket, 83 miles, of which 80 miles were constructed in 1930; 

 3 miles in 1931. 



The entire State appropriation for mosquito control granted as an emer- 

 gency relief measure was allotted to the seacoast towns, because it was 

 possible to use considerable labor from nearby industrial areas severely hit 

 by unemployment, and the Board felt that mosquito control work on other 

 than the salt marsh areas would be only of local benefit. 



The budget for administrative work of the Board called for $17,000, 

 which covered the services of regular and part-time employees of the Board, 

 as well as necessary expenses incurred in planning and supervising work 

 for the various mosquito control projects in operation during the year. 



The extra demands of the State projects, in addition to the other projects 

 other than State, gave very little opportunity to serve some of the munici- 

 palities which inquired for information and surveys. However, investiga- 

 tions and reports were made in most instances, and it is evident that this 

 work of mosquito control will have the attention of many communities when 

 conditions return to normal in the Commonwealth. 



Reclamation Legislation, 1931 



Senate 4- — A report to the General Court in accordance with provisions 

 of Chapter 379 of 1930, presenting the record of work accomplished on the 

 Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project, together with recommendations of 

 State Reclamation Board. 



House 1310. — Special report of the State Reclamation Board relative to 

 draining certain marsh lands in Lynn, Revere and Saugus for abatement of 

 the mosquitoo nuisance. 



Chapter 315. — Amendment to Chapter 379 of the Acts of 1930, creating 

 Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project. 



Chapter 112. — Appropriation of S270,000 for mosquito control work as a 

 measure of relief during unemployment emergency. 



Chapter 465. — Appropriation of $100,000 additional for purposes of con- 

 tinuing work under Chapter 112. 



Chapter 181. — Providing for method of abatement of certain mosquito 

 nuisances. 



Chapter 182. — Amendment to Chapter 252, Section 11, of the General 

 Laws, providing for collection of Reclamation District assessments by local 

 tax collectors. 



Mosquito Projects and Personnel 



Mosquito Control Projects Commissioners 



Cape Cod Oscar C. Nickerson, Chatham, Chairman, 



(constituted March 27, 1930) Harry S. Dowden, Sandwich, Secretary. 



G. Webster Hallet, Osterville. 

 Nantucket Thomas H. Ball, Chairman, 



(constituted April 8, 1930) Louis J. Praeger, Secretary. 



Elmer J. Blanchard, Horace G. Norcross, 

 Irving A. Soverino, Edmund Z. Ryder, 

 William Holland, Frederick P. Boynton. 

 Belmont-Cambridge-Watertown L. M. Hastings, Cambridge, Chairman, 

 (constituted Dec. 8, 1930) Arthur E. Burke, Watertown, Secretary. 



Fred E. Poor, Belmont. 

 Natick Thomas W. Sheehan, Chairman, 



(constituted July 31, 1931) Francis J. Murphy, Secretary. 



Lyman A. Brown. 



