2060 ARTICLE 48

Mosquito Control.

1939, ch. 573, sec. 70.

74. The State Board of Agriculture through the State Entomologist
or its duly authorized officer or agent is hereby authorized and empowered
to make such inspections, investigation, studies and determinations as it
may from time to time deem advisable in order to ascertain the effect of
mosquitoes and methods for the control or elimination thereof in any or
all parts of the State, and, to the extent to which funds are available from
the sources hereinafter provided, to construct and maintain such ditches,
dikes, dams and other facilities and to place or spread such insecticides or
other substances as may from time to time be desirable or necessary in the
judgment of such officer or agent to control or eliminate mosquitoes in
any part of the State.

1939, ch. 573, sec. 70A.

75. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this sub-title
the State Board of Agriculture through the State Entomologist or its duly
authorized officer or agent is empowered to expend for the purposes author-
ized in this sub-title such funds as may from time to time be appropriated
in the State Budget or otherwise for use in connection with mosquito
control.

1939, ch. 573, sec. 70B.

76. The State Board of Agriculture through the State Entomologist
or its duly authorized officer or agent is authorized and empowered to
receive from any County, Municipality or Special Taxing District in this
State funds for the purposes authorized hereby. In connection therewith
the State Entomologist or other officer or agent is authorized and em-
powered to contract with any such County, Municipality or Special Taxing
District with respect to the construction and/or maintenance of the facili-
ties and other work authorized by this sub-title for the purpose of effecting
mosquito control or elimination in or adjacent to such County, Municipal-
ity or Special Taxing District; and such County, Municipality or Special
Taxing District is hereby obligated to carry out the provisions of any
contract entered into with the State Entomologist or other officer or agent
with respect to the work authorized by this sub-title, and, for the purpose
of meeting its financial commitments thereunder, each such County, Mu-
nicipality and Special Taxing District is hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to appropriate and, if necessary, to levy taxes for and pay
over such funds as its contract with the State Entomologist or other officer
or agent may from time to time require.

1939, ch. 573, sec. 70C.

77. The State Board of Agriculture through the State Entomologist
or its duly authorized officer or agent is hereby authorized and empowered
to acquire in the name of the State for the use of the State Entomologist
or other officer or agent such property, easements and other rights as it may
from time to time deem desirable or necessary for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this sub-title, and it is hereby authorized and em-
powered to acquire such property, easements and rights by gift, purchase
or condemnation from the owners thereof.