Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
WEED INSPECTORS
ARE APPOINTED
S. HAMMERBECK AND R. c. TED
FORD CHOSEN FOR MoRRI-
SON COUNTY

People Of Morrison county are call
Cd upon to cooperate in a movement
to eradicate noXious weeds that are
causing damage to land and crops. The
last legislature passed an act providing
for the removal Of noxious weeds and
for the appointment of state, district
and local weed inspectors to see that
this work is carried out. Mr. Con-
molly Of Eerndale is district inspector
for this district. He was in Little
Falls Tuesday and met with the board
Of county commissioners for the pur-
pose Of having local inspectors appoint
ed. The board appointed Samuel Ham
merbeck Of this city as inspector for
that part of the county lying west Of
the Mississippi river and Robert C.
Tedford of this city for the territory
east of the river. Both men are farm
ers of experience and well fitted for
these positions.
The cooperation Of city, village and
township officers, Farm Bureau officers
and members and all others who are
interested in this work, is urgently
solicited. People finding places where
noxious weeds, as defined in this act,
and where no apparent effort is being
made to eradicate them, should re-.
port same to the local inspectors by
mail.
Below are excerpts from the law re:
complete copy Of the law, see the
copy of the session laws which was
mailed to all subscribers in the county
some time back. The sections of the
law describing the weeds and the pen
atty for noncompliance are as fol-
lows:
CHAPTER 32O-s. F. No. 422
AN ACT relating to noxious weeds,
providing for the appointment of
state weed inspector by the commits
sioner of agriculture, concerning his
powers and duties, authorizing the
appointment Of district and local
weed inspectors, repeating certain
laws relating to noxious weeds, pro-
viding penalties, and appropriate
money for the purpose of this act.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota.
Section 1. The expression "noxious
weeds' shall mean and include:
Glass l. Perennial and annual SOW
thistle, Canada thistle, Russian thistle,
tumbling mustard and toad fax.
Glass H.. Wild mustard, hare's ear
mustard, wild oats, French weed or
stink weed, false fax, giant or dwarf
rag weed, blue bur, blue lettuce, cookie
bur, burdock, oxeye, daisy, white daisy,
snapdragon, sour dock, yellow dock,
bar-berry bush and couch or quack
grass and kinghead.
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Sec. IL. All, notices provided for by
this act shall be served in the same
manner as a summons in a civil action.
Whenever any person fails to cut down
or eradicate any noxious weeds or any
crop in which such weeds are inter-
mingled or growing in compliance with
a notice served upon him, the local
weed inspector having jurisdiction, or
if there is no local weed inspector, the
proper district weed inspector shall
cause the same to be cut down at the
expense of the county in which the
land affected is situated and claims for
such expenses are hereby made legal
charges against the county. After such
cutting or removal, the officer causing
the same to be done shall file verified
and itemized statements Of all services
contracted for by him in that connec-
tion with the county auditor Of such
county and such statement shall be
authority for the issuance of proper
county warrants to the persons named
therein for the amount specified. The
amount of such expenses, together with
penalty of $40 shall be lien against
the land involved and shall be entered
by the auditor on his tax books as a
tax and shall be levied and collected
in the same manner that other real
estate taxes are levied and collected.
The amount of such expenses and the
penalty, when collected, shall be used
to reimburse the county for its expen-
ditures in this regard.
Sec. 13. Any person who violates
any Of the provisions Of this act or who
violates any duly adopted regulation
Of the state weed inspector, or who
neglects, fails or refuses to comply
with any notice duly issued hereunder
by the state or district or local weed
Inspector and duly served upon him:
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be punished ac~
cordingly.