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) Aw Act concerning Canada thistles. (Approved and in force March
15, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereto.)

1. COMMISSIONER OF CANADA THISTLES.| $1. That there may be
appointed by the board of town auditors, in counties under township
i} organization, and by the county commissioners in counties not under
# township organization, for each township or road district, and by the
city council of any city or by the president and trustees of any town
or village, as the case may be, some competent person to be styled
“Commissioner of Canada Thistles,’ who shall take the oath required.
of township, road district, city or village officers, as the case may be,
and shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his suc-
cessor is appointed and qualified, and he shall receive for his com-
pensation the sum of three dollars a day for each full day necessarily
spent in the performance of his duty, to be verified by affidavit. The
body so appointing may, at any time, for good cause, remove such:
commissioner from office and appoint his successor to serve the remain-
ing portion of his time. [Amended by Act filed June 26, 1917.

2. DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.] § 2. The commissioner of Canada
thistles shall diligently inquire concerning the introduction and exist-
ence of Canada thistles in his township, road district, city, village or
town, and if any are found growing therein, he shall take charge of all
such growing in the highways and on unenclosed lands and take care
that they do not go to seed or otherwise spread, and he shall carefully
| seek and learn, so far as practicable, the best methods of their destruc-
tion, and he shall persistently apply in proper time such remedy or
treatment as shall be best calculated to prevent their spread and to
eradicate the same. [Amended by Act filed June 26, 1917.

8. TREATMENT OF THISTLES ON INCLOSED LANDS—DECISION OF
COM MISSIONERS—APPEAL, ETC.| $3. It shall be the duty of all owners
} of enclosed lands on which Canada thistles are found growing, to
destroy the same in such manner as shall prevent the same from
bearing seed or from otherwise perpetuating themselves. The com-
missioner shall advise the owner, agent or occupant of such land on

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§ 2. Duties of commissioner. $7. Accounts audited.

§$ 8. Appropriations—control by county

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lands—appeal, etc.

‘ § 82. Duty of county boards—appoint-
§ 4. Further treatment. ment of commissioners—penalty.

§ 5. Prosecutions. § 9. Emergency.

Aw Act concerning Canada thistles. (Approved and in force March
15, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereto.)

1. COMMISSIONER OF CANADA THISTLES.|] § 1. That there may be
appointed by the board of town auditors, in counties under township

} organization, and by the county commissioners in counties not under

township organization, for each township or road district, and by the
city council of any city or by the president and trustees of any town
or village, as the case may be, some competent person to be styled
“Commissioner of Canada Thistles,” who shall take the oath required
of township, road district, city or village officers, as the case may be,
and shall hold his office for the term of two years and until his suc-
cessor is appointed and qualified, and he shall receive for his com-
pensation the sum of three dollars a day for each full day necessarily
spent in the performance of his duty, to be verified by affidavit. The
body so appointing may, at any time, for good cause, remove such:
commissioner from office and appoint his successor to serve the remain-
ing portion of his time. {Amended by Act filed June 26, 1917.

2. DuTIES OF COMMISSIONER.| § 2. The commissioner of Canada
thistles shall diligently inquire concerning the introduction and exist-
ence of Canada thistles in his township, road district, city, village or
town, and if any are found growing therein, he shall take charge of all
such growing in the highways and on unenclosed lands and take care
that they do not go to seed or otherwise spread, and he shall carefully

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H seek and learn, so far as practicable, the best methods of their destruc-
j tion, and he shall persistently apply in proper time such remedy or

treatment as shall be best calculated to prevent their spread and to

h eradicate the same. [Amended by Act filed June 26, 1917.

3. TREATMENT OF THISTLES ON INCLOSED LANDS—DECISION OF
COM MISSIONERS—APPEAL, ETC.] $3. It shall be the duty of all owners

Mm of enclosed lands on which Canada thistles are found growing, to

destroy the same in such manner as shall prevent the same from
bearing seed or from otherwise perpetuating themselves. The com-
missioner shall advise the owner, agent or occupant of such land on

their treatment. In case any such owner, agent or occupant shall
refuse or neglect to destroy such thistles, it shall be the duty of the
commissioner to enter upon such lands and to destroy such thistle
or cause the same to be destroyed. Express power to so enter upon
such lands and destroy such thistles is hereby conferred upon such
commissioner. Any expense incurred in such destruction shall be paid
by the owner or owners of such lands, and the commissioner shall
have a lien against such lands for such expense, which lien shall be
enforced in the manner now provided by law for the enforcement of
mechanics’ liens. Any owner who shall refuse or neglect to destroy
such thistles, as provided for in this section, shall be subject to a fine
of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars
($100.00.) [Amended by Act filed June 26, 1917.

4. FuRTHER TREATMENT.] § 4. The commissioner shall apply the
best known means and use the utmost diligence in eradicating the
thistles; but he shall not have power to expend in work or materials
more than $100: on any one infected tract, without the advice and
consent, in writing, of the supervisor of the town, or of the county
commissioners, as the case may be.

5. Prosecutions.] § 5. It shall be the duty of the commissioner
to prosecute or complain to the proper authorities of any person or
corporation who may violate any law now existing, or which may
hereafter be passed, on the subject of Canada thistles.

6. REPORT OF COMMISSIONER.] § 6. The commissioner shall, an-
nually, before the first day of November, make a written report to
the supervisor of the town, or to the county commissioners, as the
case may be, which report shall be filed with the town clerk, or, in
counties not under township organization, with the county clerk. The
report made to the supervisor shall be publicly read at the annual
town meeting. Said report shall state:

First—Whether there are or not any Canada thistles growing in
the town or precincts.

Second—lf any are growing, where and how many, and when and
how introduced.

Third—A detailed statement of his treatment of each infected
tract, with cost and result.

Fourth—He shall report such other matters as may be required
of him by the board of town auditors, or by the county commissioners.

Fifth—He shall state his views on their further treatment, and
make such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem proper
and useful.

And he shall also forward a copy of said report to the secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, who shall collate and report the same |
to the Governor on or before the first day of December of each year. |

The secretary of the State Board of Agriculture shall have general
supervision of all measures adopted for “the extermination of such
thistles. He shall cooperate with all local Canada thistle commission-
ers, shall furnish blank forms for reports to all such commissioners,
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promote the extermination of such Canada thistles. [Amended by
) Act filed June 26, 1917.

7? 7. ACCOUNTS AUDITED.] § 7. The board of town auditors, and
the county commissioners in counties not under township organization,
shall audit the accounts of the commissioner, both for his services and
for the money expended or labor employ ed by him; and they shall
provide for their payment as they now do for other town or county
expenses.

8. APPROPRIATIONS—CONTROL BY COUNTY BOARD.] § 8. The boards
of supervisors and county commissioners may make appropriations
from the county treasury to aid in destroying the Canada thistle in any
one or more towns or precincts of the county; and in case they deem
it expedient, they may assume control over any one tract or of all
the Canada thistles in the county, and make such provision as they
may deem necessary, and impose penalties, not exceeding $100 for each
offense, for a violation of any provisions, by-laws or regulations made
by them on this subject, to be sued for by the commissioner, in the
name and for the use of the proper county, before any justice of the
peace having jurisdiction. Whenever the board of supervisors or
county commissioners shall decide to assume control, and so long as
they exercise it, their jurisdiction shall be superior to that of the
commissioner.

814. Duty OF COUNTY BOARD—APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER—
PENALTY.] § 81%. And it is hereby made the duty of county boards in
counties under township organization, where town auditors have failed
or refused to appoint a commissioner of Canada thistles; upon the
petition of twenty-five land owners, of said town or adjoining town
or towns, stating the failure of said board of auditors to appoint a
commissioner for said town, and of the necessity for the same; to
appoint a commissioner for said town (who shall be a resident of said
town), who shall hold his office for the same length of time, as if
appointed by the board of auditors, and shall receive the same com-
pensation, and said compensation shall be audited and allowed, and
paid by the township for which he was appointed, the same as if he
had been appointed by the board of auditors of said town; and his
duties shall be the same, and the board of town auditors or county
board may appoint so many assistant commissioners as they may
deem necessary to thoroughly perform the duties in any town; which
assistants shall receive the same compensation for like services, as the
commissioner, and whose duties shall be the same, and the commis-
sioner of Canada thistles or assistants refusing or neglecting to per-
form their:respective duties shall be fined in a sum not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense such fine
to be sued for in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of
the town on complaint of any land owner of the town; said fine when
collected to be paid to the supervisor or county commissioner and
become a part of the town or precinct fund.

9. Emercency.] § 9. Whereas, Canada thistles are now growing
in various parts of the State, requiring attention before the first day
of July, therefore this Act shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.

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CRIMINAL CODE.

CANADA THISTLES.
(Sections 40 and 41.)

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40. BRINGING INTO THE STATE, OR ALLOWING TO SEED.] § 40. Who-|
ever shall bring into this State, whether in the packing of goods, or in”
grain or grass “seed, or otherwise, any seed of the Canada thistle, and
permit the same to be disseminated so as to vegetate on any land I
this State, and whoever shall permit any Canada thistle to ed
seed on any y Jand owned or occupied by him, so that the same is ¢

any is es nea in the town, precinct, city or yillage or otherwise ¢
directed by law.

41. RAILROADS TO DESTROY.]| § If any company, association or
person owning, controlling or pea a railroad shall refuse or neg-_
lect to dig up and destroy, or take other certain means of exterminatin
Canada thistles and other noxious weeds that may at any time be-
growing upon the right of way or other lands of such roads, or apper-
taining Bereta. they shall be fined for each offense not less than $50
nor more than $200; the fine to be paid as in the preceding section. |

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SECRETARY OF STATE
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