Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-06-25
'THE NOxI0US
WEED Law
Farmers Should Take Neces-
sary Steps TO Free Their
Lands From Foul Weeds
Law Gives Them Power.

In view of the fact that con-
siderable agitation is being man.
|ifested at this season OF the year
over the presence of wild mus
tard and other noxious weeds
along the highways and in the
fields of this section of the prai-
rie, the Chronicle prints this
week extracts from the Idaho
noxious weed law in hopes that
it may be of benefit to our read
ers in dealing with this vexing
problem. The extracts from the
law are as follows:
Section l. That, when twenty
five per cent (2596) of the resi-
dent freeholders living in a regu-
larly organized road district shall
e.ition the board of county COM
missioners for the determination
of certain noxious weeds to be
exterminated within the said
road district. it shall be the duty
of said board of county commits
sioners at their first meeting aft
er receiving such petition to is
sue an order to the road supervi-
sor of such road district for the
determination of all such weeds
as prayed for in said petition. 1t
shall be the. duty of the road ov-
erseer in charge of the road dis
trict where such petition has
originated to post in three ~
conspicuous places in said road
district a copy of the order OF
said board of county commits
sioners, and serve said order on
the owner of the said property If
an individual, or upon the super
intendent or managing agent. If
a corporation, association of per-
sons or joint stock company.
There shall be posted with said
order a notice requiring the own
ers of lands within said district
to exterminate all such weeds
(naming them) on or before the
date fixed in such order, and
there shall be served with said
order, where the same is served,
notice directed to the owners
of property in said district re-
quiring them to exterminate
such weeds on or before the date
fixed in said order.
Sec. 3 And it shall be the
duty of every road overseer, up
on receipt of such order, to pro-
ceed to destroy all the noxlous
weeds of the kind included in the
order of said board, in the high
ways of his district, within the
time fixed by the notice provided
for in Section l of this Act, and
after the expiration of the time
fixed in said notice, it shall b
the duty of every road oversee
to proceed to destroy all sucl
noxious weeds in his district out
side of public highways, and TO
that purpose has the right, eth
er by him or his order, to ente
upon the premises of another
And he shall have the right t
employ such help as may be nee
essary to complete said wor
within such time as will prever
such weeds from maturing an
going to seed, and the cost c
such additional help, togethe
with his own compensation g
now fixed by law, shall be a II
gal claim against the county an
paid out of the current expens
fund.
Sec. A. 1t is the duty OF e.
cry road overseer, immediate
after the work required of hi
by this act is complete, to rend'
to the county auditor OF n
county an itemized statemel
showing in detail the total co
of destroying noXious weeds
any piece of land or railro;
right-of-way in his district, on
side of the public highways,