Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-11
NOTICE
To Destroy Noxious
Weeds in Barber
County, Kansas

II is hereby ordered by the Board of
County Commissioners of Barber Coun'
ty, Kansas, that all noxious weeds such
as Russian and Canadian thistles etc E,
be,destroyed on or before August IS, 1909
as per sections s64O, S64l, se42. 8643,
1914. sG46, S647, 8G49 and 8649, statutes
of 1905, aud that the same be published
III the Barber County Index and the
Medicine Lodge Cresset three consecu
tive weeks.
Land owners, agents, township trus
tees and road oyerseeTs are hereby
warned 70 take notice.
The law herein referred to IS as fol-
lows:
DESTROY.
Every person and every corporation shall
destroy, on all lands which be or it may own
or occupy ali weeds OF the kind known es
Russian thistle and Canada thistle, at such
time as the board of county commissioners
may direct, and notice shall be published in
one or more county papers for time not less
than three weeks before the time fixed upon
for the destruction of said obnoxious weeds
COUNTY BOARD.
it shall be the duty of the county commits
sioners TO fix the time for the destruction of
all such noXious weeds. and TO provide for the
destruction in such manner as 10 prevent
their bearing seed.
OvERsEERs DUTY.
Every overseer of highways of every town
ship or county shall also at the same time in
like manner destroy all such noxious weeds
either.pn the highways of his road district.
railroad right-of-way, or on any unoccupied
land therein. upon which the owner or lessee
thereof shall neglect or refuse so to do, and
for such service the Overseer of highways or
persons employed by him shall receive as
compensation the sum of one dollar and fifty
cents per day; or three dollars per day for
man and team. 10 be paid out of the general
county fund PROVIDED, The Limitation of
time, as provided in paragraph $500 of section
80, laws of 1889, in relation to road overseers,
shall not apply to the provisions of this act
TENTED ACCOUNT
II shall be the duty of the overseers Of high
way 10 present TO the board of county COM
missioners an itemiZed account, verified un-
der oath, showing description of each piece
of1and upon which noxious weeds have been
destroyed In accordance with the provisions
of this act and the amounts of the charge for
such service, by seperate items; and said
amount shall become alien against the lands
so described, except in case Of the destruc-
ton OF such noxious weeds on public high
ways. The amount of cost of the destruction
OF such noxious weeds rs so certified shall DE
placed UPON the next tax list in a seperRte
column, headed, For the destruction of nox-
tous Weeds" as the tax against the land upon
which such noxious weeds were destroyed
subject to the penalties thereof and to be
collected as other taxes; and the entry of
ouch tax upon the list shall be conclusive evil
Gence Of the liability of the land of such tax.
CERTIFY LABOR
II shall be the duty OF all overs GERS of high.
ways TO certify TO the county clerk in an
itemiEed account, verified by oath, the amount
of labor performed in destroying such nox-
ious weeds on all lands not public highways,
on or before the fifteenth day of September
OF each year.
TAX LIST. II shall be the duty OF the
county clerk to enter upon the tax list, in a
seperate column for that purpose. headed,
'For the destruction OF noxions weeds" an
amount equal to the cost OF such labor as a
tai against all lands not public highways up
on which such noxious weeds are destroyed
PENALTY. II the owner or occupant OF,
any such lands, or the overseer of any high
in any county OF this state, shall fail to COM
ply with any Of the requirements of this act,
they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; Pro-
vided, IL any county attorney shall fail or re-
fuse to prosecute, then the court in which the
complaint was brought or pending may ap
point some reputable prscticing attorney to
conduct such prosecution, who shall in such
event receive the fees provided for in such
cases.
COUNTY ATTORNEY. The county attor
ney shall be liable under his bond for any
failure TO comply with the provisions Of this
act.
NOTICES. Notices to the owner Of the
land provided TO be given under the provis-
ions Of this act ehall be made in the same
manner as summons in the district court.
RILEY LAKE, Chairman
j. b. HARBAUGH.
b. Z. WAOsWOhTH,
Attest: Commissioners.
g. W. IRELAND, county clerk.