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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 

 treasurer or other disbursing officer of such municipality 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 director or his executive officer stating the work 

 already done is satisfactory and sufficient to obtain the desired result, and that the 

 arrangements 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 taxable 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 neces- 

 sary work, provided that not more than fifty per centum of the amount shall be con- 

 tributed in any case, and not more than five hundred dollars in any one municipality. 



9. — All moneys contributed or set aside out of the amount appropriated in this act 

 by the director of the agricultural experiment station in accordance with its provisions 

 shall be paid out by the comptroller of the State upon the certificate of said director 

 that all the conditions and requirements of this act have been complied with, and in 

 the case provided for in section five payments 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 accord- 

 ance with the specifications 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; provided, 

 that the aggregate sum appropriated for the purpose of this act shall not exceed 

 three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The comptroller 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 legislature. 



11. — This act shall take effect November first, one thousand nine hundred and six. 



Approved April 20, 1906. 



This law was drafted only after the most careful observations by 

 Doctor Smith and his assistants, and after they had made themselves 

 perfectly familiar with the conditions existing in the salt-marsh area 

 in New Jersey and with the exact life histories of the different species 

 of mosquitoes involved, and also after preliminary drainage work had 

 been undertaken and carried to successful conclusion over part of 

 the area without the assistance of state funds. 



Doctor Smith had found that three species, of approximately 

 similar habits, develop in the salt marshes of New Jersey and migrate 

 inland for long distances — up to 40 miles in some instances — thus 

 making local work on the part of inland communities by no means 



