Imperial Valley press., 1909-08-07
NoxIoUs WEEDS AND INSECTS
Law Under Which Such Nuisanees
 May be Abated Summarily.

tural Commissioner is acting, in his campaign against noxious weeds, Is Section 2322A of the Political Code, as follows:
 Section 2322a: It shall be the duty of the county horticultural com missioner in each county, whenever he shall deem it necessary, to cause an inspection to be made of any premises, orchards or nursery, or trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or fruits. or any fruit packing house, storeroom, sales room, or any other place or article in his Jurisdiction, and if found infected with infectious diseases, scale insects, or codling moth, or other pests in- furious to fruit, plants, vegetables, trees vines or with their eggs, or larvae, of if there is found growing thereon the Russian thistle or salt wort, Johnson grass or other nox- ious weeds, he shall Gin wrlting) mo- tify the owner or owners. or person or persons in charge. or in posses sion of the said places or orchards or nurseries, or trees, or plants, vege- tables, vines, or fruit. or article as aforesaid. that the same are infected with said diseases, insects, or other pests. or any of them, or their eggs or larvae, or that the Russian thistle or saltwort Johnson grass or other nOXious weeds is growing thereon and require such person or persons, 10 eradicate or destroy the said insects, or other pests. or their eggs or larvae, or Russian thistle or Saltwort John son grass or other noXious weeds within a certain time to be therein specified Said notices may be served upon the person or persons, or either of them, owning or having charge, or having possession of such infested place or orchard or nursery or trees, plants, vegetables, vines, or fruit, on articles. as aforesaid, or premises Johnson grass or other noxious weeds shall be growing, or upon the agents of either, by any commissioner, or by any person deputed by the said con- missioner for that purpose in the same manner as a summons in civil ac- tion (; provided, however, that if) any such infected or infested articles, property or premises as hereinabove specified belong to any nonresident person and there is no person in con- trol or possession thereof and such non resident person has no tenant, bailee, depOsitary or agent upon whom service can be had; or (if) the owner or owners of any such articles, property or premises can not after due dili- gence be found, then such notice may be served by posting the same in some conspicuous place upon such articles, property or premises, and by mailing a copy thereof to the owner thereof at his last known place of residence if the same is known or can be ascer- tained. Any and all such places, or orchards, or nurseries, or trees, plants, shrubs, vegetables, vines, fruit, or ar ticles thus infested, or premises where the Russian thistle or saltwort or Johnson grass or other noxious weeds shall be growing, are hereby adjudged and declared to be a public nuisance and whenever any such nuisance shall exist lt any place within his County, and the proper notice thereof shall have been served, as herein provided, and such nuisance shall not have been abated within the time spAci- fled in such notice), it shall be the duty of the county horticultural com
 missioner to cause said nuisance to
 be at once abated, by eradicating or l destroying said diseases, insects, or other pests, or their eggs, or larvae, or Russian Thistle or saltwort or John son grass or other noXlous weeds. The expense thereof shall be county ! charge, and the board of supervisors ! shall allow and pay the same ont of | the general fund of the county. Any ! and all sum or sums so paid shall be
 and become lien on the property and l premises from which said nuisance l has been removed or abated in Dur-