Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-07-07
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THE NEW WEED LAW.

The last legislature enacted new
weed law which will be of interest to
owners of realty. The law went in
to effect last Sunday and is as fol-
lows:
Section 1. Land owners or tenants
to destroy weeds-when. It shall be
the duty of every person, firm or cor
poration owning, occupying or CON
trolling lands. town and city lots,
land used as right of way, depot
grounds or for other purposes to be
cut, burn or otherwise entirely de-
stroy all weeds of the kinds mention
ed in section two (2) hereof at such
times in each year and in such man
ner as shall prevent the said weeds
from blooming or coming to matur-
ity.
Section 2. Noxious weeds. The
following weeds are hereby declared
to be noxious weeds, namely, quack
grass, (agropyron repens), Canada
thistle (cirsium arvense), cocklebur
(xanthium canadense), wild mustard
(brassica arvensls), sour or curled
dock (rumex crispus). smooth dock
(rumex altissius), buckhorn or ribbed
plaintain (plantago lanceolata), and
wild parsnip (pastinaca sativa), horse
nettle (solanum carolinense), and
velvet weed or button weed (abutilon
theophrasti) and burdock (arctium
lappa.)
Section 8. Destruction on high
ways-neglect or refusal to destroy.
1t shall be the duty OF the towns hip
trustees or other officers responsible
for the care of public highways in
each township or county in this state
to destroy or cause to be destroyed al
noxious weeds mentioned in section
two (2) hereof or unnecessary brush
on the highways in such manner
as to effectually. prevent the produc-
tion Of their seeds or their propaga-
ton in any other manner, to worn
out labor or to employ labor for this
purpose in the same manner as for
repairs to the highways, and for neg
lect or failure to perform this work
they shall be subjected to the penal
ties in this act. If any occupant Of
lands adjacent to the public high
ways neglect or refuse to destroy the
noxious weeds upon his land, or shall
fail to prevent the said noxious weeds
from blooming or coming to maturity,
when such weeds are likely to be the
means of infesting the public high.
way, or upon complaint of any land
owner to the township trustees that
his lands have been or are likely to
be infested by weeds from the lands
Of another including railway right
OF way, the trustees shall make in
vestigation of such condition or COM
plant and If the same appears to
be we'll founded they shall make an
order fixing the time within which
the weeds shall be prevented from
maturing seed, and an order that
within one year such noxious weeds
shall be permanently destroyed. and
prescribing the manner of their de-
struction and shall forthwith give no
tice to the occupant Of the lands
where the noxious weeds exist. and
If he shall neglect to obey such or
der within the time so ordered the
trustees may cause such noxious
weeds to be permanently destroyed
and cost of the work shall be recov-
eerd from the owner by special tax
to be certified by the township clerk
in the same manner as other road
tax not paid.
Section 4. Road funds may be
expended. The destruction of noxious
weeds in the public highway and 9th.
er public places u hereby made a