The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1915-06-03
SUPERVISORS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING.
HAVE AN INTERESTING PROGRAM
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE TOWNSHIP ROAD
OVERSEER'S AND SUPERVIS-
ORS OF RAMSEY COUNTY,
NORTH DAKOTA.
Thursday, May 9th, 1915.

The meeting was called to order at
1:30 P. NJ, President A. J. Mcdonnell,
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
All members of the organization,
were then given an opportunity to ask
questions relative to the road laws,
and to discuss the different methods
of bilding roads.
F. T. Cuthbert, States Attorney,
then delivered a short address relative
to the road laws, and the noxlous weed
law, in which he made particular men,
tion of section 2S17 of the Compiled
Laws of 1913, which read as follows:
'Noxious weeds, manner of des-
troying". Each person shall destroy
upon all lands which he shall own or
occupy, all weeds ofthe kind known as
Canada thistle, cocklebur, mustard,
wild oats, French weed and Russian
cactus, at such time and in such man.
ner as shall effectually prevent their
bearing seed. And it shall be mis-
demeanor for such person or persons
to deposit or cause to be deposited in
the highway or in or along the banks
of any unatural water course any Of
the noxious weeds above described.
And such misdemeanor shall be pun
ishable by a fine of not to exceed fifty
dollars nor less than ten dollars. The
time and manner Of destroying such
weeds shall be prescribed by the Board
of County Commissioners, and the
same shall be published at least two
weeks in some newspaper in the coun-
ty, not less than two weeks before the
time so prescribed; and if there is no
newspaper publiehsd in the county,
then written notice of the same shall
be posted, the same as election notices
are posted, in lieu of such publica-
tions."
Moved and seconded that we extend
a vote Of thanks to the States Attor-
ney for the information furnished this
organization at this meeting. Motion
carried.
Moved and seconded that this asso-
citation instruct the supervisors Of
cash township, that when opening a
new road on a highway to make all
grades two rods wide,and in making
fills that the dirt must be taken from
outside the two rod limit, and that the
crown or center of the road be, at
least, twelve inches higher than the
outside of the grade, and wherever
possible, to use the soil from the hills
for these fills, and that the grade on
these hills should be left with a crown
the same as all other grades. Motion
carried. r.
Moved and seconded that the Sec
retary be instructed to send a copy of
the above resolution to the Chairman
of the Board of Supervisors of each
Township. Motin carried.
Moved and seconded that the pres
ent officers of this association be re-
elected for the ensuing year, Motion
carried.
S. L. Miller of Minnewaukan town.
ship then delivered short address re-
lative to noxious weeds, in which he
defined weeds declared as a nuisance
as provided by Section 623 of the Com
piled laws Of 1918, which read as fol-
as follows: GAIL Canada and sow
thistle and quack grass are hereby de-
clared to be and the same are public
nuisance, and the Board of Township
Supervisors in organized townships,
and the board of county commissioners
for unorganized townships are hereby
empowered to destroy the same as
provided by statute.
Moved and carried to adjourn.
J. A. KRAMER,
h. Secretary.