American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-28

able compensation for such services,
The board of county commission
ers of any county engaging in the
destruction of injurious rodents under
the provisions of this act may com
pensate for or provide poisons, or
other supplies and authorize a person
or persons, employed as provided in
Section 2 of this act or otherwise to
poison, Kill and exterminate injurious
rodents within such county and any
person or persons so authorized Is
hereby empowered and directed to en-
ter upon any farm, railroad right OF
way, grounds, or premises where
there are ground squirrels, pocket
gophers or other injurious rodents to
ascertain conditions and to poison,
kill and exterminate such injurious
rodents thereon when the owner or
occupant shall neglect or refuse to do
so.
1t shall be the duty of the person
or persons so authorized to give any
zone on whose premises are found
ground squirrels, pocket gophers or
other Injurious rodents ten days no
tice In writing, to poison, kill or ex-
terminate the same, or IL such land
is %unoccupied and owned by a non
resident, such notice shall be mailed
to the owners address, or IL the ad-
dress is unknown, posted upon the
land or premises where such injur-
ious rodents are to be eX~terminated;
and II upon the land or right of way
OF any railroad company such notice
may be served upon its agent at the
station nearest to such land or right
of way; and If the work of eXtermi-
mating same is not done within such
time the person or persons so author
lied by the county commissioners
shall proceed to poison, kill or exter-
inmate such injurious rodents on sucf
land or premises, provided that sucI
person or persons, shall, when poison
Is laid out, use every %precaution tC
prevent the destruction of domestic
fowl or animals.
Any person or persons SO author
, lied under the provisions OF this ac
shall make a sworn statement to tn
county of the time put in and tn
poisons. or other supplies used OF
each tract of land and the charges 70
DISCRIMINATING injurious rodents shal
be charged ae taxes against each trac
of land on which the expenses wer
incurred, and shall be collected tn
same as other taxes, Provided, Tha
the maximum charge against an,
tract of land containing n hundere
and sixty acres or more shall not b
greater i'm any one year than at tn
rate Of sixteen dollars per one hun
dred and SIXTY acres, and the mini
mum charge shall not be less tina
one dollar against any tract of lanC
All poisons, poisoned bats pre-
pared and distributed under author
ity Of the board of county commits
sioners shall be placed in container
plainly labeled to show the characte
and purpose of the contents thereo
In order to secure the most effeci
i've and economical expenditure {
funds used in exterminating injuriou
rodents, the boards of county con
missioners taking advantage of tn
provisions of this act shall cooperat
so far as practicable, with state an
federal organizations engaged /
similar work.
The Extension Division of the I'm
versity of Idaho is hereby author
lied 10 furnish poisoEs and other SUI
plies at cost to persons or organize
lions for the purpose of extermini
ting ground squirrels, pocket gopi
ers or other injurious rodents,
All acts and parts of acts in col
flict with this act are hereby n
pealed to the extent of such conflic
An emergency existing. thereto
this act shall take effect and be
force from and after its passage an
approval.