River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-23
NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Following is the law of 1889 relating
to the destruction of noxious weeds:
CHAPTER 49,

Following is the law of 1889 relating
to the destruction of noxious weeds:
CHAPTER 1872.
AN ACT relating to the destruction of noxious
weeds, and amendatory OF chapter 3l3 Of the
laws of 1887.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows;
Section /. Every person and corporation shall
destroy upon all lands which he or they shall
own, occupy or control, all weeds known as
Canada thistles (circisum arvense), burdOek
Cappa ofticinalisl, white or oX-eye daisy (eu-
canthemum vulgarel. snap dragon or toad flax
(linaria vulgarisJ, cockleburr (zanthium stru-
mariuml, SOW thistle (souchus arvensis), sour
dock aud yellow-dock (rumex crispus), at such
time and in such manner as shall etectually
prevent them bearing seed. In like manner shall
he or they also destroy any of the above men
toned weeds standing or growing as far as the
center of the public highways, lanes or alleys
adjoining the lands owned or controlled by him
or them.
Section o If the occupant of any such land
shall fail to destroy such weeds as so required
after having six days notice IN writing by any
commissioner of noxlous weeds, such occupant
shall be fined five dollars for the first Otfense and
ten dollars for each ofense thereafter.
Section 3. Said chapter 3l3 is hereby further
amended by striking out all OF section OF said
chapter and inserting in lieu thereof new
section, as follows:
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the chairman
of the board of supervisors of each town, the
and the mayor of any city, to appoint some COM
petent person or persons, in their town, village
or city, to be styled commissioner OF noxious
weeds, who shall be required to take the same
oath as town officers, and shall hold his or their
Office for year, and until his or their success
OF 5 are appointed and qualified. Where more
than one commissioner is appointed in any town,
city village, they shall hold his or their Office
for one year, and until his or their successors
are appointed and qualified. Where more than
one commissioner is appointed in any town, city
or Wills g, they shall be assigned separate aud
distinct districts or territories. For any good
cause any such commissions may be removed
by the oiiicer appointing him and a successor
appointed TO serve the uneNplred Term
Section s. The commissioner shall carefully
INQUIRE concerning the existence OF noXiOus
weeds in his township or precinct, and in case
any person, persons or corporation occupying or
controlling any lands within this state shall
neglect TO destroy any Canada thistle, burdoek,
snapdragon, white or oN-eye dalsy' cookie Du rr,
sow thistle sour dock and yellow dock, growing
on any lands owned OF controlled Dy nun or
them, or any highway, lane or alley adjoining
such lands IL shall be the duty OF the commits
soner to destroy or cause to be destroyed all
such weeds. lie shall spend as many days as
the chairman of the town board, president OF the
village or mayor fthe city may deem necessary,
and for each day SO spent shall receive two dol
lars, upon presentation of his account therefor
verified by his oath and specifying by separate
items against each piece OF land, describing the
same, and the several amounts shall De placed
in the next tax roll in separate column, headed
''fOr destruction of weeds, as tax against the
landS upon winch sucn WeeuS were ueslIOgSu
and be collected as other taxes.
Section Ca. Any chairman of a town board or
any president OF village board or the mayor
OF any city, who shall refuse or neglect TO APP
point one or more thistle commissioners. as pro-
vided in section of said chapter, within thirty
days next following their election, shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars nor more tDan one
hundred dollars and costs, on complaint made
in writing by any resident Of the county to
justice of the peace, or magistrate in such coun-
ty. Any weed commissioner, after taxing his
oath of Office who shall refuse or neglect to per-
form the duties as prescribed in this chapter,
shall be fined not less than ten nor more than
twenty-five dollars and costs, on complaint stated
as above, for each and every such oHense.
Section 6. This act shall take effect and be in
force frOL, aud after its passage and publication,
Approved April Is, 1889.
Published Anrf1