Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-11
COUNTY WEED INSPECTOR.

| COUNTY WEED INSPECTOR.
| Representative Fl. o. Hanson, of
Stephen has introduced,the following
bill in the legislature:
A bill for an act to create the office
of County Inspector of Weeds detin-
ing his duties and fixing the salary
therefor.
| Be it enacted by the legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. There is hereby created
the office of County Weed Inspector,
and it shall be the duty of
person appointed thereto to
enforce the laws of this state,
relating to the destruction of
noxious weeds and grasses. Upon
written complaint made to said in
spector that noxious weeds or grasses
are standing upon any land within
| this state in violation of the law, he
shall forth with inspect the premises,
and if the complaint be we'll founded,
he shall cause written notice to be
served upon the person permitting
the same, directing him to comply
with the provisions of the law in re-
spect thereto within six (6) days
after such service.
Section 2. The notice, herein pro-
vided for may be served by any
citizen Of the town or
municipality or county in which
the land is situated. Such service
shall be made upon the occupant, if
any there be, otherwise upon the
owner or person in charge of the
land, and shall be personal and by
copy wherever practical. If there be
any person within the county upon
whom service can properly be made,
of which the certificates of the officer
or the affidavit of the person serving
such notice shall be prima facie evil
dence of subsequent procedure, it
shall be the same as if service had
been made and notice ignored.
Section 3. II the notice be not
obeyed within six day said weed in
spector, or any person designated by
him, shall forthwith destroy such
weeds and grasses and make report
thereof to the town or municipal
clerk with itemized account of his
service and expenses inso doing. He
shall be allowed two dollars (S2.OO)
per day for tie time of his necessary
employment, and such expenses as
are necessarily incurred in perform
ing the duties of his office, and for men
and teams employed he may allow the
rates paid for labor upon road or
streets, such expenses incurred to he
subject to the approval of the board
of county commissioners.
Such expenses shall be paid by the
town or municipality out of the
general fund and unless the same be
repaid by the owner or occupant be-
fore October lst next ensuing, the
clerk shall certify the amount with
description of the premises to be
charged by the county auditor, who
sh;ll extend the same upon the tax
list as an additional tax upon such
land; but if the land for any reason
be exempt from general taxation the
amount of such charge may be re-
covered from the owner in civil
action with costs.
Section 4. When noxtious weeds
are so intermixed with a growing
crop that they cannot be eradicated
without serious damage to such c1Op
a written agreement may be made by
the owner or occupant with and the
county weed inspector providing for
the destruction of weeds upon speci-
fled parts of the land and for the
proper treatment of the remainder
after the crop has matured, and as
long as such treatment is performed
by such owner or occupant in good
faith, he shall be exempt from the
penalties of this act.
The said weed inspector, or anyone
appointed by him may of their own &C
cord inspect any and all lands within
the county for which they have been
appointed, and upon discovering
noxious weeds and grasses of which
they had no prior notice, he may
serve notice upon owner or occupant
as provided for in section 2 of this
act.
Section 5. The following are here
by declared to be noixous weeds and
a common nuisance for the purpose
of this act: <'@.
Cookie burr, burdock, timble mus
tard, Canada thistle, OK eyed daisy,
quack grass, French weed and Rus
sian THISTLE
Section 6. The board of county
commissioners Of counties having
population OF less than one hundred
,