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An effective State v/eed control law v/ill provide us with 

 the necessary means to carry out a prograni to control \vfeeds that 

 the public expects. 



No. 5 - Acts Relative to the Basis for the Annual Assessments 

 for the Bristol, Korfolk, Plymouth, Essex and Berkshire County 

 Mosquito Control Projects. 



When mosquito control projects were first established, to 

 meet the expenses incurred, moneys v;ere' appropriated annually, 

 based upon the taxable valuations of the cities and towns therein. 

 More moneys v;ould become automatically available with the usual 

 annual increase in valuations, and this additional revenue effec- 

 tively offsets the rising costs of labor, equipment and materials. 



A few years ago, as a result of the so-called "Springfield 

 Case", some cities and tovms throughout the Coim^ionwealth started 

 assessing practices based on lOO^'i of valuation. This revaluation 

 increased the assessment so that such cities and towns were paying 

 more tiian their proportional share. As a result, the laws under 

 which the projects were operating were amended. Some based their 

 valuations on a specific year; usually the year prior to the date 

 when the first city or town in the area had reassessed at lOOvj. 

 ethers used the valuations as set forth in chapter 660 of the Acts 

 of 1963. In any case, their budgets were, and are, set at figures 

 that are unrealistic in view of the costs of labor, equipment and 

 materials in the year 1970. 



In order to correct this situation, the State Reclamation 



