Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06
the statutes of 1898 relating to noxious

I.
the year 1898 is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows: Section 1880. Every per-
son and corporation shall destroy, upon all
lands which he or it shall own, occupy or
control, all weeds known as Canada this
tie (circium arvenSe), burdOck Gappa Off
cinalis), white or oX-eye daisy Qeucan
themum vulgare), snap dragon or toad fax
Qtnaria vulgaris), cookie burr (zanthium
strumarium), SOW thistle (souchus arven-
sis), sour dock and yellow dock Fumex cris
pus), mustard (sinapis aryensis), wild pars-
nip (thapsium barbinode), Russian thistle
(salSOla kalD, and wild barley hOrdeum Ju-
Datum), and at such time and in such man
ner as shall efectually prevent them from
bearing seed; and in like manner shall de-
StrOy any of the above mentioned weeds
standing or growing upon any land owned,
occupied or controlled by him or 1t out to
the center, of any highway, lane or alley
thereon; provided, however, that no weeds
growing more than one hundred rods from
any cultivated field, meadow or pasture
lands need be destroyed. If such person
corporation shall fail to so destroy any
weeds that, under the provisions of this
section, are to be destroyed, within six
days after being served with a written no
t1ce so to do, by any commissioner OF noX-
iOus weeds, he shall be punished by fine
of five dollars for every day thereafter dur
ing which such neglect shall continue;
such written notice shall specify the kinds
of weeds to be destroyed by the person or
corporation on which it is served, and des-
ignate the tract of land on which such
weeds are growing, giving the description
thereof according to tOrty-acre SuDdlYIS-
ions of sections or other appropriate de-
scriptiOn such notice may be served upon
any corporation owning, occupying or con
trolling any land in any town by leaving
the same with any agent thereof residing
or being therein, and if no agent shall re
side be therein, then by leaving such
notice with any agent who shall reside or
be in any adjoining town.
Section 2. Section 1480b Of the statutes
for the year 1898, is hereby amended so as
TO read as follows: Section 1480b Such
commissioner shall carefully investigate
concerning the existence of nOXious weeds
in his town, city, village or district; and
if any person or corporation, owning, Oc-
cupyiHg or controlling any lands therein
shall neglect to destroy any Of the weeds
which under the provisions of section 1880
are to be destroyed, and standing or grow
ing on such landS or upon any highway,
lane or alley adjoining and nearer to such
lands than the center of such highway,
lane or alley, he shall serve or cause to be
served on such person or corporation the
written notice provided for in said section
1885, and if said person or corporation shall
fail to comply with the terms of said no.
tice within the time specified in said sec
ton 1880, he shall destroy or cause all such
weeds to be destroyed and may devote as
many days to doing so as the officer ap-
pointing him shall direct, and for each day
so used in destroying such weeds, he shall
receive two dollars upon presenting to the
proper treasurer his account therefor, YER
flied by his oath and approved by the chair
man, president or mayor, as the case may
be. Such account shall specify by sepa-
rate items the amount chargeable to each
piece of land, describing the same, and
shall, after being paid by the treasurer, be
filed with town, city or village clerk, who
shall enter the amount chargeable to each
tract of land in the next tax roll in col
umn headed for the destruction of
weeds as a tax on the lands upon which
such weeds were destroyed, which tax
shall be collected other taxes are, eX-
cept in case of railroad lands which are ex-
empt from taxation in the usual way,
when the amount chargeabe against the
same shall be certified by the commission
er to the board of supervisors or trustees
or the common council as the case may be,
who shall cause certified copy thereof to
be transmitted to the state treasurer, who
shall add the amount designated therein to
the sum due from the railroad company
owning, occupying or controlling the lands
specified as the license fee thereof, and he
shall collect the same theerfrOm as pre-
sCribcd in sections 1912 and 1913 and return
the amount collected to the town, city or
village from which such certificate was re-
Ceiyed. Any such commissioner may enter
upon any lands upon which any of the
weeds mentioned in section 1880 are grow
ing and cut otherwise destroy them
without being liable to an action for tres
pass or any other action for damages re-
sulttng from such entry and destruction,
if reasonable care is exercised in the per-
Torrance of the duty hereby imposed
Section 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force, from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May IA, 1901.
No. 46i, Al [PubIished May IS, 1901.
CHAPTER 1926.
AN ACT to amend section 1863 Of the stat
utes of 1898, relating to extension of
street and electric railways into towns
and villages
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows:
Section l. Section 1863 of the statutes of
1898 Is hereby amended by inserting the
word "cty' after the word any in the
eighth line of said section; after the word
'one" i'll the ninth line of said section and
of cor hn l-Crl tIDr'5 in, tho fnr,fh jnn
OF said section; by inserting the words
common council of any city the" after
the word the where the same occurs the
second time in the twelfth line of said sec
ton; by inserting the words city or" af-
ter the word any in the sixteenth line Of
said section; by inserting after the word
the where the same occurs the third
time in the sixteenth line of said section,
the words common council Or" and by In
sorting the words common council or af-
ter the word the where the same Oc-
ours the second time in the eighteenth
line of said section; that said section
when amended shall read as follows: Sec
tun 1863 Any street railway corporation
may extend its railway to any point with
in any town adjoining the municipality
from which it derived its FRANCHISE, and
for such purpose may with the written con-
sent Of Il majority of the supervisors of
such town lay and operate its railway
upon, across and along any highway but
Not 50 to obstruCt common public travel
thereon, Corporations may be formed and
governed in like manner as is provided in
section 1867 for the purpose of building,
maintaining and using railways with rails
of wood OF iron in any city, village or town
or to extend from any point in one city,
village or town TO, into or through any
other city, village or town, and for running
cars propelled by animals or other power
for the carriage Of either passengers or
freight; ana for that purpose, with the
consent of the common council Of any city,
the board Of trustees of any village and the
written consent of Il majority of the
perTiSorS gt any town in, into or through
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