22 INJURIOUS INSECTS OE 190:^. 



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to the date when the plowing of any such tract or parcel is required tf) 

 be commenced. 



The order of the said board authorized by this section may be in 

 substantially the following form: 



Whereas, At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of 



county, held on the day 



of 19. ... , the said board did duly hear and investi- 

 gate relative to a complaint that the tracts or parcels of land herein- 

 after described are so infested with the eggs of grasshoppers as to be 

 greatly dangerous to grasses, grains or other crops growing, or to grow, 

 on the lands situate in the vicinity of such tracts, as to threaten the 

 destruction of a great part of such grasses, grains or other crops; and. 



Whereas, The said board is of the opinion that such danger exists, 

 the said tracts being described as follows: 



(Here Insert Description.) 



It is hereby ordered and described that the owner (or his lessee) of 



said tract or parcel of land shall, not later than the day 



of 190...., begin, and with reasonable dis- 

 patch continue, the plowing of said tract or parcel, and all thereof, and 



complete such plowing prior to the day of 



190 



(Or, if all the lands complained of are not so infested, then describe 

 the portions thereof found to be so infested and required to be plowed.) 



The county auditor is hereby required to cause a copy of this order 

 to be served upon the owner of the lands hereby required to be plowed, 

 or his agent (or lessee), in the manner required by law for the service 

 thereof. 



Chairman Board of County Commissioners 



County. ■ 



Attest: 



County Auditor. 



Dated 



Sec. 4. If the owner, or his lessee, of any tract or parcel of land 

 described in any order made pursuant to section 3 of this act, upon whom 

 service of a copy of such order has been duly made, shall fail or neglect 

 to substantially comply therewith, he shall be deemed to maintain a 

 public nuisance within the meaning of this act, and to consent that the 

 said tract or parcel of land may be plowed by the county, and the Board 

 of County Commissioners, when informed of such failure or neglect, 

 shall cause the land found by it to be so infected to be plowed, under 

 the direction of the chairman of said board, and the expenses incurred 



