108 N. J. Mosquito Extermination Association 



Mr, Pollitt: In reference to the matter of receipts of money, 

 of course the only way now, I understand, Mr. Chairman, is each 

 county paying a portion as designated. I would say for Passaic 

 County that we are willing to raise our assessment, if necessary, to 

 meet the expenses of the association. Does the Executive Com^ 

 mittee have that power, or do they have to decide in the asso- 

 ciation? 



Secretary Headlee: The Executive Committee has no power 

 to compel the payment of an assessment. It can levy and ask, that 

 is all. If the Commissions do not want to pay, they do not have 

 to do so. 



Mr. Charles Lee Meyers: What was the original proceeding 

 whereby the comjmissions pay what they do? How was that ar- 

 ranged ? 



President Engle: Dr. Headlee will have to answer that ques- 

 tion. 



Mr. Meyers: Was it a motion in this meeting or was it a 

 recommendation of the Executive Committee? My point is that 

 everybody knows that things cost more and this deficit must be 

 met, and it simply means that we must pay more for what we get, 

 and the proper action is to make it so that there won't be any 

 deficit, and I am prepared to make a motion, if it is in order, to 

 that effect. I believe everybody would agree with me in that, 

 that things cost this association more, just as they do everybody 

 else, and we have got to pay for it. I don't know just how to 

 make that motion, because I don't know what the preceding ac- 

 tion was, whereby we pay what we do, if I make myself clear. 



Secretary Headlee : The constitution is not clear on this point. 

 Article "7" says, "the expenses of this association shall be met 

 annually by a pro rata apportionment to all active County Mos- 

 quito Extermination Commissions in the state." There is no 

 specific provision that the Executive Committee shall lay the as- 

 sessment. Nevertheless, the Executive Committee has hitherto done 

 this work. Mr. Delaney's motion that the matter of laying an in- 

 creased assessment, sufficient in extent to meet the Association's 

 necessary expenses, is therefore, quite in order and constitutes 

 needed specific authority. 



Mr. Meyers : I did not hear the motion. 



