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Committee on Resolutions — Mr. Fischer Miller, of Ocean; 

 Mr. A. J. Rider, of Atlantic, and Mr. Walter Hudson, of Passaic. 



Committee on Audit — Dr. Frederick Becker, of Essex, and Dr. 

 Frederick Sell, of Union. 



These committees will bear in mind their work and try to get 

 it in hand so as to have an early report during the sessions. 



This paper of Mr. Brooks on the "Place of Dikes, Sluices and 

 Tide-Gates in Mosquito Extermination" is open for discussion, 

 and those who' discuss will please give their names so the 

 stenographer will get them. Now the paper is open for discus- 

 sion and the Chair will be glad to hear from anyone. 



Dr. Seuu — I would like to ask Mr. Brooks if he anticipates 

 any trouble with such things as water rats interfering with the 

 dikes. I remember some years ago I suggested diking to Dr. 

 Smith and he said that he thought the water rats would inter- 

 fere somewhat with the successful use of dikes. 



Mr. Brooks — I believe that in the areas which are polluted by 

 sewage there will be trouble with rats, but elsewhere I have not 

 noted trouble. 



In the mud dikes close to Newark, where the sewers overflow 

 the meadows, there have been a good many muskrats and 

 house rats. I understand that the muskrats are protected by 

 law during certain seasons of the year, and there should -be a 

 change made in the statutes to permit the killing of muskrats 

 at all times on these meadow areas, where dikes are depended 

 on to drain the meadows. I think that would solve it. 



The President — Is there more discussion? We will be glad 

 to hear it, and if Mr. Brooks will wait until the discussion is 

 all over before he answers the questions it will expedite matters. 



Mr. Dobbins — Relative to the matter of rats in dikes, it 

 should be said that, although we have a considerable amount of 

 mud dikes along sewage-charged streams, we have in Essex 

 had very little trouble from the rats cutting holes through the 

 dikes. 



The President — Any further discussion? 



