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those contributing the highest percentage to be in 

 all cases preferred in order. - 



7. In all oases where a municipality contributes 

 fifty per centum or more of the estimated cost of 

 abolishing the breeding places for salt-marsh 

 mosquitoes within its jurisdiction, the work may 

 be done by the municipality as other work is done 

 under its direction, and the amount set aside as 

 provided in section six may be paid to the treas- 

 urer or other disbursing officer of such munici- 

 pality for use in completing the work; but no 

 payment shall be made to such treasurer or other 

 disbursing officer until the amount appropriated 

 by the municipality has been actually expended, 

 nor until a certificate has been filed by the direc- 

 tor or his executive officer stating that the work 

 already done is satisfactory and sufficient to ob- 

 tain the desired result, and that the arrange- 

 ments made for its completion are proper and 

 can be carried out for the sum awarded. 



8. In all investigations made under section two 

 of this act the report to be made to the board of 

 health requesting the survey shall state what 

 mosquitoes were found in the territory complained 

 of, whether they are local breeders or migrants 

 from other points, and, in the case of migrants, 

 their probable source, whether the territory in 

 question is dangerous or a nuisance because of 

 mosquito breeding, the character of the work 

 necessary to abate such nuisance and abolish the 

 breeding places, and the probable cost of the work. 

 Said board of health must then proceed to abolish 

 the breeding places found under the general powers 

 of such boards, but if it shall appear that the 

 necessary cost of the work shall equal or exceed 

 the value of the land without increasing its tax- 

 able value, such board may apply to the director 

 aforesaid, who may, if he deems the matter of 

 sufficient public interest, contribute to the cost of 

 the necessary work, provided that not more than 

 fifty per centum of the amount shall be con- 

 tributed in any ease, and not more than five hun- 

 dred dollars in any one municipality. 



9. All moneys contributed or set aside out of 

 the amount appropriated in this act by the direc- 

 tor of the agricultural experiment station in ac- 

 cordance with its provisions shall be paid out by 

 the comptroller of the state upon the certificate 

 of said director that all the conditions and re- 

 quirements of this act have been complied with, 

 and in the case provided for in section five pay- 

 ments shall be made to the contractor upon a 

 statement by the person in charge of the work, 

 as therein prescribed, attested by said director, 

 showing the amount due and that the work has 



been completed in accordance with the specifica- 

 tions of his contract. 



10. For the purpose of carrying into effect the 

 provisions of this act, the said director of the 

 state agricultural experiment station shall have 

 power to expend such amount of money, annually, 

 as may be appropriated by the legislature; pro- 

 vided, that the aggregate sum appropriated for 

 the purposes of this act shall not exceed three 

 hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The comp- 

 troller of the state shall draw his warrant in 

 payment of all bills approved by the director of 

 the state experiment station, and the treasurer of 

 the state shall pay all warrants so drawn to the 

 extent of the amount appropriated by the legisla- 

 ture. 



11. This act shall take effect November first, 

 one thousand nine hundred and six. 



Approved April 20, 1906. 



The appropriation bill makes only $13,500 

 of the total amount available for the fiscal 

 year beginning November 1, 1906, and as that 

 date is so near to the close of the season that 

 little if anything can be done before the 

 marshes freeze up, the beginning of actual 

 work will probably be delayed until the spring 

 of 190Y. John B. Smith. 



New Beunswick, N. J., 

 May 23, 1906. 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OP 

 MUSEUMS. 

 The assembly which convened on May 15 

 at the American Museum of Natural History 

 in New York for the purpose of organizing 

 an association of the museums of North and 

 South America, was very largely attended. 

 Among those who came from great distances 

 in order to testify to their interest in the 

 movement were Mr. W. A. Bryan, of the 

 Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu; 

 Mr. J. E. Talmage, of the Deseret Museum, 

 Salt Lake City; Professor E. H. Barbour, of 

 the University of Nebraska; and Mr. P. M. 

 Rea, of the Museum of the College of Charles- 

 ton, S. C. The Field Museum of Chicago, 

 the Art Institute of Chicago, the St. Louis 

 Public Museum, the various museums and art 

 institutions of Boston and vicinity, the mu- 

 seums of various kinds located in the vicinity 

 of New York, as well as the museums of 



