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really is anything before the house but a sort of argument. I believe 

 it is my personal opinion and think probably it will be backed up by 

 the counsel from Hudson County, at least, that the expenditure 

 of money for a state-wide campaign of publicity would probably 

 be against the law, as the money appropriated by the county should 

 be spent in the county. For an organization such as this I believe 

 that we have been advised that money is well spent. However, 

 we are talking about a state-wide campaign of publicity and the 

 counties subscribing money to this organization or to tlie state 

 department. 



Let us go at it in another tack, which will probably be perfect- 

 ly legal. If we are going to have a state- wide campaign let each 

 individual mosquito commission of the state get the same literature 

 out at the same time, paid for by the funds from the various counties, 

 of their own county fund, for their own county distribution; and 

 wouldn't that be a state-wide campaign paid for by each county, 

 without having it a state assessment? It seems to me it would give 

 the same purpose. Our county can spend $ioo for campaign 

 literature for educational purposes in Hudson County, or give testi- 

 mony or anything, or any other county; but whether the county 

 counsel would say those counties are justified in turning over to the 

 state association $ioo for this purpose, I think we would be in 

 wrong. And I think some time ago Dr. Darnall reminded me of it, 

 that when we were talking about a campaign manager and a whole 

 lot of other things, didn't the Attorney General decide that our 

 funds were not available for that purpose? Dr. Headlee, don't 

 you remember something like that? 



Secretary Headlee : Yes, I had that up with the Assistant 

 Attorney General, Mr. Boggs, of Newark. Mr. Boggs, after I 

 explained the situation to him thoroughly, said it would be at least a 

 misfeasance in office and I am not sure it would not be malfeasance. 



Dr. Brinkerhoff : That is as it seems to me. Now what Dr. 

 Brown spoke about, followed out on the plan I suggested, would 

 reach the same conclusion and yet be within the law. 



President Rider: There is really no motion. 



Dr. Brown : Mr. President, the money we now spend comes 

 from that very fund, assessment or whatever it is, invitations to the 

 various board of health, chambers of commerce and various things 

 is all public campaign for the elimination of the mosquito. It is 

 paid out of that very fund. It is part of the receipts of the treas- 

 urer's office here, a thousand and some dollars from the various 



