The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-04-02
with county officers, presented the lol.

with county officers, presented inc loi-
lowing report, which, on mouon' was
adopted. , - a.,
M. Chairman and GentleWen OF We
Board of tupe,riSors:. Your committee
10 whom the communication from sheilli
Clark was referred, beg leave 10 repotIs
that we believe the request OF the sherlH
oct forth in said communication to be
reasonable and should be granted, ana
would recommend that the clerk be IN
structed to draw orders monthly Tor the
sum of two hundred dollars each, IN IA,
vor of the sheriff, Thomas Clark, until
ME- July session of this board.
All Of which Is respectfully submitted
J. NJ. Fox, Chairman.
Supervisor Beach. chairman or the
committee on paupers, presented the lol-
lowing resolution, which, on MOTION WAS
Resolued, That DR.. Finley be continued
as physician until Sept. next, Tor the
paupers of Bruce, Eagle and Otter Creek,
mot including cases of small poX ana
furnish medicine and surgical ana Tor lhe
same at the rate Of $50 per annum.
Supervisor Miller presented preamOle
and resolution relative to the eXtermllh'
lion of Canada thistles, which, on motion
Of supervisor Hoffman, the matter Is de
ferred till two o'clock this =. VI.
On motion, board adjourned until Two
o'clock 2. N.
2O'CLOCK L. NJ,
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present same as this A. NJ
The question now recurring upon Jhe
nreambie and resolution OF supervisor
Miller, relative to Canada thistles, which
fs i'm the words and figures following To-
wit:
WHEREAs, BY an act of the General AS
sembly, approved March ID, lSl2, IL Is
provided that boards of supervisors III
counties under township organization
NAV. in case they deem 1t eXpedlent, AS
sumo control over any one tract or Oh al
the Canada thistles in the county, ana
make such provision as they may ueeui
necessary, and impose penalties, not eA'
oeeding $4,000 for each offenSe, Tor "a
violation of any provisions, bylaws or
regulations made by said board OF super
yIsors in relation tosuch Canada thstleS;
AND WHEREAS, There are now severai
tracts of Canada thistles in this county
that need attention to prevent spreading
and causing great damage by reason
thereof; therefore be it
nj Resolved. That this board, under
the provisions Of said act, do assume
control over the several tracts OF CANADA
ohistleS in this county
I2.1 That the following bylaws and
regulations relating to the management
of said Canada thistles be and the same
are hereby adopted:
lst. There shall be appointed annually
by the board of supervisors some suita-
BILE and discreet person III each town III
the county to act as agent for the county
IN the management and control OF tAe
Canada thistles in their respective towns.
2nd. Each county agent herelnDelore
named shall, when appointed by Sald
board, take and file with The county clerk
an oath that he will faithfully perform
the duties of agent rs aforesaid, ana
shall receive as compensation the sum OF
two dollars per day for each 1ull day
necessarily spent in the performance OF
his duty as such agent, said time 10 De
verified by affidavit and filed with the
county clerk.
Sd. II shall be the duty Of every such
agent to diligently inquire concerning tlic
introduction and existence OF Caladl
thistles in his town, and II any are FOUND
growing therein, me shall take charge
of all such growing IN the highway ana
on unenClOsed lands, ana take care That
they do not 90 to seed or otherwise
spread and he shall carefully seek ana
learn, so far as practicable, the best meth
DDS for their destruction, and he shall
perslstently apply in roper tiIne Such
remedy or treatment rs he shall deem
best calculated to prevent the spread oi
such thistles, and to eradicate the same.
Ath. 1t shall be the duty of every such
agent, in case such thlStleS are FOUND
growing ON incOsed lands, to advise with
the owner agent or occupant Oh thelL
treatment, and if such county agent Shali
deem 1t necessary and eNpedlent Tor MN
10 fully control the same, he shall try 10
agree with the owner, agent or occupant
AS to what shall be the boundaries OF the
tract which he has deemed 1t eXpedlent
for him to fully control, and If such agent
can agree with the owner, agent or oCCu-
pant as to such boundaries then he Shall
mark the same by stakes, or q renee II
thought best: and thereafter such inject
ed tract or so much thereof as remains
infected shall be fully controlled by SAID
county agent so long as IL may be neceS-
saTy in order to complete the work OF de-
strOying the same. In case there IL
disagreement between the county agent
and the owner, agent or occupant Oh the
land, either as to the boundaries or as tn
the eXpediency of the county agent con
trolling any part whatever of such land,
then the county agent shall stake out or
mark such boundaries as he may deem
proper, and file Il copy of his decision
with the town clerk. The owner, agent
or occupant of the land may, if he feel
aggrieved, appeal from the decision OF
such county agent, without bonds, with
in twenty days, TO the commissioners OF
highways of the town, who shall proceed
10 view the same and hear the reasons
for and against the decision OF the coun-
ty agent. A majority Of such board of
appeal shall decide rs to the proprlety OF
taking possession Of the tract alleged to
be infected, and, if they decide to take
such possession, that shall constitute the
boundaries of the same, and they shall
direct said thistles to be eXterminated by
such county agent (which thistleS are
hereby declared to be a public nulsancel
without unnecessarily depriving the own
er of the land of any legitimate use and
enjoyment of the same.
rs. 1t shall not be lawful tOI any per
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