Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-11
To Whom 1t May Concern.

Office of County Clerk. Barber County. Kan.
Medicine Lodge Kansas, July 3. 1906.
Notice Is hereby given by the Board of
County Commissioners of Barber County.
Kansas. that all noxious weeds. such Rus
sian ThistEes and Canada Thistles. be destroy.
ed by land owners or their agents on whose
premises they may be found, on or before
August End. 1906, and that sections 1910,
the State Of Kansas of 1901. viii be strictly
enforced.
Land ow hers. agents. trustees and road ov.
erseers are hereby notified to perform their
respective duties as laid down in the above
specified sections.
The law by sections Is as follows: :.
son and every corporation shall destroy, on
all lands which he or it may own or occupy,
all weeds Of the kind known as Russian this
| tie and Canada thistle. at such time as the
and notice shall be published in one or more
county papers for a time not less than three
weeks before the time fxed upon for the de-
struetion of said noxious weeds. L. 1896, oh.
Section 79li. COUNTY BOARD. 2. It
] shall be the duty of the county commission.
ers to fix the time for the destruction of all
such noxious weeds. and to provide for tho
destruction in such q manner az to prevent
tn sn, Gsss9 ass seea ovEssERRs DUTY g.
cry overseer Of highway of every township
or county shall also at the same time in like
manner destroy all such noxious weeds, eth.
road right-of-way, or on any unoccupied land
therein. upon which the owner or lessee
thereof shall neglect or refuse so to do; and
persons employed by him shall receive q
compensation the sum of one dollar and fif
ty cents per day. or three dollars per day for
COUNTY S fund: provided, Tn. limitation enet 3,
time. as provided in paragraph 65O6 of sec
ton 80, lsws of 1889, in relation to road over
, seers shall not apply to the provisions Of thi
4 n Al
AI sic.7si3. iTEMIzED ACCOUNT. 4. 1t shall
be the duty OF the overseers of highways Il
an itemized account. verified under oath
showing description of each piece Of Ian,
upon which nOxiOus weeds have been de
etrGyed In accordance with the provisions o
| this act, and the amounts of the charge 70
{ such service. by separate items; and SAT-
amount shall become lien against the land
so described, except in case Of the destrue
| ton of such noxious weeds on the publ
highways. The amount of cost of the de
4 struction of such noxious weeds as SO cert
:. fed shall be placed upon the next tax list /
o ton of noxious weeds" as tax against th
land up0n which such noxiOus weeds were d,
stroyed, subject TO oil the penalties thereo
= and to be collected as other taxes; and the e.
: sive evidence of the liability of the. land I
such tax. I'D, Sec. A.
SECTION 1914. CERTIFY, LABOR. 5.
L shall be the duty of oil oversesrs of higl
). itomizsd account, verified by oath, Il
~ amount of labor performed In destroyiu
): such noxious weeks on all lands not publ
highway, ON or before the fifteenth day
September in each year. tId., Sec. S..
SEcrIoN 1918. TAX LIST. Z. 1t shall
the duty of tho county clerk 20 enter ups
the tax list. In separate column for th
D: pui nose. headed. "FoI the destruction
a noxious weeds" an amount equal to the %
~ | of such labor a. q tax against all lands. q
public highways upon which such noxio,
weeds are destroyed. I'D, SEQ. II
n. SECTION 7gl7. PENALTY. s. If the ow
err or occupant of any such lands. or the owe
seer OF amy highway, or the board of coun
&C commissioners In any county Of this stat
II shall fail TO comply with any of the ReQuiI
ments Of this act. they shall be guilty of
~ misdemeapor: Provided. It any county
t0rney shall fail or refuse to prosecute, tn
Of the court In which the compl9int was broug
or pending NAY appoint some repqtat
practicing attorney TO conduct such prose(
ton, who shall In such event receive Z
fees provided for In such cases. Id, SEQ.
~ RILEY LAKE, Chairman.
P.H. FLANAGAN,
ESI B. E. WADSWORTH,
Attest: Commissioners
IL e W. WILSON. County Clerk.