The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-09-04
Notice,
STATE on MONTANA, go
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County OF yollowatone, Nh
no All Whom May Concern
Your attention ~ called 10 the follow
iNg sections OF the Penal Gods OF the
Stntn Df Montana
Rne, llDB, Any person Op persons
owning my lands within this state,
or occupying or having control OF any
lands, whether within the plat on
towns, villages 0p cities, OF otherwise,
within this state, knowingly pelH
hitting Or suffering amy CANADA,
scotch bull or Russian thistle or
thiBllos 10 40 10 aaed npOn any land or
lnndA thus owned, occupied Or under
control Of such person 0r persons shall
be deemed guilty OF supporting and
maintaining " common nuisance, anu
upOn conviction thereof Ia Any court
" competent jurisdiction, on the
Otvensa, shall be punished by u fine NOT
Okeeeding nfty nor lean thhl, ilve
dollars,
Noe, llDN I'D onAo any person or
persons, pnllpOad Op other corporation,
owning OF occupying amy lands within
tllla state, under lliH Or her Dr their
control, in th0 oaHe nny be, shall reE
fuse 0r neglect 10 destroy any 0hnAdn,
Rooteh bull Or NnAAian thistle or
thiatlns growing or standing upon my
land Or lands NJ owned, occupied Or
controlled, on or before iha fifteenth
dry III August " shall DO tho duty OF
Me county commissioners, road Super
vlaOpA, Op other person or persons llhVH
lng control Of tho public highways
streets or alleys where Aily such
thistle Op lhIAilAa mhy ba found grow
lng OF Hlandlng 70 Immediately
destroy or cause tho same 10 ba nesH
tpOyen, AMI pny therefor M lhe same
vAto Hint IN pnid for road labor and
every supervisor Or other person heres
INbarDrn authorised M neAlr0y Ahld
fhlNtlns shall keep n correct account Oh
MI moneys pnid ont Tor that purpose,
and charge The anm6 10 tho person or
papsOns or corporations owning, O0s
oupying W controlling The. land or
Inids np0n which such thistle or
thlatlnH were destroyed, and tho pora
non or PERSONS or corporation owning,
occupying Op having control OF such
lands shall be Liable IN n OWL action
Tor tho amount NJ charged against
them md costs of suit provided, that
" my supervisor Op other perAOn hAvH
Ing, under lIle authority Of THIS acl,
destroyed nny Of tlle sald thistles, Ald
IN unable 10 find The owner OF tho
land, ~ IN unable 10 collect such
money, tho Nnlno shall b0 pAih by tho
authorities ~ Tho town, village, CITY
ov county where anoll tllstlps we're
destroyed and provided further, that
IN onuD my rWilr0ad company becomes
0hnpHnnblN under tho provisions Of
this Nnotion, tho supervisors Of the
township whore snnid Inns h0O0ln0
ohargonblO may certify 10 tlle aain6 ~
tho county attorney III their county,
whose duty " allall bN 10 bring md
prosecute n Giyil action against tho
VniIvond company Tor tho amount M
0hnrHod md costs M Anlt aforesaid,
Hon, 1900 " IN hereby made tha
duty NJ every person having MOwL
NdHo NJ my OHllndn Scotch bull Ald
Russian thistle Nv thistlnR growing nv
npOD thu lMldA ~ ml0thw ~
immediately destroy Tho Mno, Nv
give tlp U0VsOn owning nv occupying
Npph lands Immediate nOtiAG tlAgGOf,
NAE ~ GAHWlL NJ,
County Clark and Clark nj tho Hoard
nj County commissioners
billings, MOnty ANA, W, 1900, NV