The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-07-06

kota Looking to the Destruction
of Russian Thistlen anl French
Weeds.
The executive relief board, a COM
mission existing by authority of law
| approved March %, 1895, entitled can
Act to provide for the determination
of the Russian thistle and French
weed" have this Both day of May de-
termined upon the times and methods.
and have adopted the rules and regu-
lations herein set forth in accordance
with the provisions of said law, for
the destruction of Russian thistles
and French weeds.
Rules md Regulations.
Rule 1. Any owner or occupant of
any land in any county commissioners
district, or any citizen of such district.
may, at any time, complain in writing
to the commissioners f.: such district
of the existence therein Of Russian
thistles or French weeds:
1. On any lands, describing the
same.
,. On any railroad right of way,
designating as nearly as may be the
locality.
3. On any highway, road, street,
way or trail in use by the public,
whether such be a public highway or
not, designating the locality.
Rule .. Any county commissioner,
upon receipt of such written complaint
or notice as provided in sections ., =
and Z of the law, must proceed at
once in accordance with the require
....L. e -.,-l ~~1AonO n-5 of rI1lnc
and regulations. He and the county
| auditor must give notice as therein
required, but destruction Of the Rus
sian thistles and French weeds cop-
planned of shall in such notice be re-
| quired to begin and to be diligently
prosecuted until complete, not earlier
than the dates or times herein below
set forth as to the respective cases;
ten days preceding such dates, then
such destruction shall be required by
| such notices to begin and to be dill
gently prosecuted within ten days
from the date when such service is
| completed. If such notices are served
earlier than ten days before such date,
then such notice mshall require such
| destruction to begin and be diligently
prosecuted on the date specified as
| that not earlier than which such de-
| struction shall begin.
1. AS to lands planted with crops
intended to be cultivated, such de-
| %struction shall begin within ten days
| after proper service of notice and be
! continuous and complete until such
| crops are harvested, and in no case to
| cease until October first of each year.
2. AS to all wild lands (the title of
/ which is not in the United States or
in this state) as to broken lands not
in crop, as to abandoned fields once
broken up and as to fire breaks de-
scribed in section 26 of the law, such
destruction shall begin within ten
days after proper service of notice, as
applied to French weeds but not
| earlier than August first as to Russian
thistles.
3. AS to lands planted to small
grains, millet, grass, peas, buckwheat.
fodder crops, and all such crops plant
ed and not intended to be cultivated,
such destruction shall begin within
ten days after service Of commission
er's notice as regards French weeds,
but not earlier than Aug. Is in any
year as applied to Russian thistles.
4. Any and all Russian thistles and
French weeds found upon the right of
way of any railroad shall be destroy
ed or such destruction commenced
within ten days after service Of county
auditors notice as provided in section
6 Of the law, as applied to French
weeds, but not earlier that Aug. 1 Of
each year as regards Russian thistles,
| and such destruction must be faith
fully prosecuted until complete.
Rule 3. If, after proper notice, the
owner or occupant of any land, or
any railroad company occupying Of
having in use or control any right of
| way, fail within the time required to
begin and diligently prosecute the de-
| %struction Of the weeds complained of,
then it becomes the duty of the
ty commissioner within whose dis
trict the property complained Of lies
to at once carry on such destruction.
Rule 4. Us to highways, roads,
streets, w&ys and trails in public use,
| whether such trails be public high
ways or not, as described in Section z
| of the law, such destruction shall be-
gin within ten days after complaint Is
made to the commissioner Of such dis
trict as regards French weeds, but
| not earlier than August first in any
year as APPLIED to Russian thistles.
Rule 5. 1t shall be the duty of each
county commissioner in his district at
ter inquiry and examination, as pro-
| yided in section - of the law, to so
prosecute the destruction, until COM
| pleted Of Russian thistles and French
weeds. on highways, roads, streets,
ways or trails in public use, whether
such trails be public highways or not,
as provided in section IL of the law,
SO that on September first Of each year
as regards Russian thistles and No
vember first of each year as to French
weeds no such thistles OF weeds shall
be found growing thereon.
Rule 6. Between April first and
November first as applied to French
weeds and between August first and
| September first Of each year as re-
CARDS Russian thistles the county
| commissioners shall examine or
| cause to be examined, and shall de-
stroy or cause to be destroyed before
going to seed all French weeds and
Russian thistles found in their re-
spective districts on wild OF broken
land, titles Of which is in the United
| States or this state, leased land own
| ed by the state not in crop, school
lands, lands Of doubtful title and all
fire breaks as d escriled in section II
Of said law.
Rule Z. At all times dead Russian
thistles that are gathered or bunch
ed by the wind, must be destroyed by
. E a.