The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-12-23
RODENT CONTROL LAW.


other Injurious rodents: Repeating
section 1204G Of Chapter GO, Com
piled Laws of the State Of Idaho
Appropriating funds for the extermi-
Repeating all acts or parts of acts
In conflict with this act: and declar-
ing an emergency.
BE 1t Enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Idaho:
Section l. The board of county COM
missioners of any county Is hereby
authorized and empowered to appro-
pirate funds for the determination of
ground squirrels, pocket gophers and
other injurious rodents.
Section 2. The board Of county
commissioners of any county is auth
orized to purchase poisons, grain and
other supplies, or to prepare poisoned
grain or other bats, and to furnish
the same at cost to owners, occupants,
and lessees of land infested with
ground squirrels, pocket gophers, or
other injurious rodents. The board of
county commissioners is also empower
ed. when deemed necessary, to auth
orize or employ a suitable person or
persons to prepare the bats, supervise
their distribution and exterminate in
furious rodents, and to pay such per-
son or persons a reasonable compen-
sation for such services.
Section 3. The board of county
commissioners Of any county engaging
In the destruction Of Injurious ro-
dents under the provisions Of this act
may compensate for or provide poi
sons, or other supplies and authorize
person or persons. employed as. pro-
vided In Section Of this act or other
wise to poison, kill and exterminate
injurious rodents within such county
and any person or persons SO author
lied is hereby empowered and directed
to enter 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.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of
the person or persons SO authorized to
give anyone on whose premises are
found ground squirrels, pocket gophers
or other injurious rodents ten days'
notice In writing, to poison kill or ex-
terminate tie same or II such land ia
unoccupied and owned by non-resi-
dent, such notice shall be mailed To
the owners address, or II the address
Is unknown, posted upon the land or
premises where such injurious rodents
are to be exterminated; and II upon
the land or right of way of any rail-
road company such notice NAV be
served upon its agent at the station
nearest to such land or right of way
and II the work of DISCRIMINATING same
Is not done within such time the per-
son or persons so authorized nv Tho
county commissioners shall proceed TO
poison, kill or exterminate such In
furious rodents ON such land or nrem-
ises, PROVIDED, that such person or
persons, shall, when poison is laid ont
use exery precaution to prevent the
destruction of domestic fowl or ami.
mails.
section O. Any person or persons so
authorized under the provisions Of th;s
Act shall make a sworn statement ~
the county Of the time put in and the
poisons' or other supplies used ON each
tract of land and the charges for ex-
terminating injurious rodents shall no
'harged as taxes against each tract Of
land on which the expenses were in
'urred, and shall be collected the sau,a
as other taxes. PROVIDED. That tbo
maximum charge against any tract Of
ana containing one hundred and sixty
'cre or more shall not he greater IN
my one year than at the rate of s;x.
cen dollars per one hundred and sixty !
acres and the minimum charge SHAH ,
lot be less than one dollar against anv
ract of lao.
sction 0. All poisons. poisoned bats |
repaired and distributed under auth
'rity or the board Of county commits
loners shall be placed In containers
iainly labeled to show the character
nd purpose Of the contents thereof !
Section T. In order to secura tbe )
lost effective and economical expendi-
IRE Of funds used In exterminatin, !
curious rodents, the boards Of comfy
taking advantage of the I
rovisions Of this act shall cooperate
far as practicable, with state and !
ederal organizations engaged in STINT Z
II work.
Section g. Section 12o4G of hapter J