Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-05-10
DESTROY THE WEEDS.
Penalty Against Leaving Them Grow.
An ACT

AN ACT
To amend sections 4240-2, 4240-3, 4240-4,
4240-5, 4732, and 4782a, of the Revised
Statutes OF the state of Ohio, as passed
ruary &c, 81 ", p. 90.
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the General
Assembly of'the State of Ohio, That section
473O. 1872. 4732a, of the Revised Statutes,
passed February q, 1884, vol. 81, %, Febru.
ary IA, 1884. 81 v. II, and February 26, 81 v.
26, be amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 4IU. The superintendent of any i'm
proved or macadamized road, supervisor of
county and township roads, or street COM
mlssloners OF any city or village, shall, be-
tween the 10Th and 30th of June, and between
the lst and 10Th days of August, and between
the 10Th and both days of September of each
years, cut all brush, briers, Canada or COM
mon thlstlesy or other noxious weeds grow
ing within the limits of any county or town
ship road, improved or macadamized road,
street, or alley, within their jurisdiction.
such superintendent or supervisor shall be
allowed $l.5O per day for all necessary labor,
to be allowed by the trustees and paid by the
treasurer of such township out of the road
fund then in his hands. The superintendent
or supervisor of any such roads may allow
any landowner or tenant to cut and destroy
any such brush. briers or weeds, growing on
such highways, [alongl the lands abutting on
such highway owned or occupied by such
landowner or tenant, and before such work is
performed allow and fix a reasonable COM
pensation therefor, which amount shall be
credited on the road tax of that year assess
ed against said premises. The superinten-
dent or manager of any toll road shall cut
and destroy all brush, briers and noxious
weeds growing within the limits of any such
road, between the days of each month as
above specified in this section, and in de-
fault thereof and for five days thereafter the
trustees of any township through which any
such road passes shall cause said brush, bri-
ers and weeds to be cut and destroyed, and
shall have right of action against any such
toll road company, for the amount of such
work, together with one hundred per cent.
penalty, and cost of action to be recovered
before any justice Of the :ace of such conn
ty.
SEQ. 1882. The trustees of any township of
of this state, upon information in writing,
that Canada or common thistles, oxeye daisy,
wild parsnip, sweet clover, wild carrots, teas
els, burdock burs, are growing on any lands
In their township and are about to spread or
mature seed, between the first day of June
and the fifteenth day of October of each year,
said trustees shall cause notice in writing to
be served upon the own r, lessee or agent or
tenant having charge of any such lands, mott
Tying such owner, lessee agent or tenant that
Canada or common thistles, or other noxi.
GUS weeds mentioned in this section, are
growing on such lands, and that such Canada
thlstles or other noxious weeds shall be cut
and destroyed within fve days after the SER
vice of such notice. and in default thereof,
that said township trustees will enter upon
| such lands and cut and destroy such Canada
or common thistles or other noxious, weeds:
and that the cost of cutting such Canada or
common thistles or other noxious weeds,
with the cost of such notice, will become a
lien against said lands. Any constable or
deputy. marshal of any city or village, or
depaty, is he reby authorized to make service
and return of any such notice, and the fees
tor such services and return shall be the
same as are allowed for service and return of
summons in civil cases before magistrates
Ii any owner, lessee, agent or tenant having
charge of any such lands shall fail to comply
with such notice, the township trustees shall
cause said Canada or common thistes or
other noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed,
and may employ any person to perform such
labor, and allow such person fifteen cents per
hour for the time occupied in performing
such labor, and pay the rum for such labor
out OF any money in the treasury of said
township not otherwise appropriated, and
| take receipt for the same. Said township
| trustees shall make return in writing to the
board of commissioners of their cou nty,
with statement of the charges for their
| services, the amount paid to the person for
performing such labor, together with the fees
of the officers who made the service of notice
and return, with proper description of the
premises; and the same having been allowed,
shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, and
shall be a lien against said lands, from and
| after the date of such entry on the dupli cate,
| and shall be collected as other taxes, and re-
turned to the township with the general
fund.
SKo. 4732a. That in all cities and moor
porated villages, except cities of the first and
second grade of the first class and first and
second second grade of the second class, the
mayor shall, during the month of May of
each year, cause notice to be published for
two consecutive weeks in one or more news
papers published in the corporation, or by
posting up written or printed notices in said
city or village at three public places for ten
days next previous to the first day of June
of each year, warning the owners, lessees or
agents of lots and lands within such city or
village to cause all Canada or common this
| ties, or other noxious weeds mentioned in
section forty-seven hundred and thirty two,
,LaEowing on any such lots or lands within
I'd corporation, to be cutand destroyed.so
81 they do not mature seed or spread to
y 'bining lands. The common council of
Sch city or village shall, upon infor-
nation in writing that Canada or COM
mon thistles or other noxious weeds men
toned in section forty-seven hundred and
thirty-two are growing on any such lands,
within their corporation between the tenth
day of June and the fifteenth day of October
of each year, [shalll cause such Canada or
common thistles or other noxious weeds to
be cut and destroyed so that they do not
mature seed or spread to other lands, and
said council may employ any person to cut
and destroy said noZious weeds and allow
such person so employed fifteen cents per
hour for the time employed in such labor.
And said council shall pay said amount out
of any money of the general fund in the
treasury of said city or village not orher-
wise appropriated, and take receipt there
for. Add said council shall make return in
WRITING to the board of commissioners of
their county. with staten ent of the amount
paid for such labor, and one dollar addit;,
ional, as penalty on each lot or parcel OF
land containing less than one acre, and with