796 WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



vesting the grass grown upon the roads along his land in proper 

 season. 



Sec. 2. The following weeds are hereby declared to be noxious 

 weeds; namely, quack grass (Agropyron repens) , Canada thistle 

 (Cirsium arvense), cocklebur (Xankhium canadense), wild mustard 

 (Brassica arvensis), sour or curled dock (Rumex crispus), smooth 

 dock (Rumex altissimus) , buckhorn or ribbed plantain (Plantago 

 lanceolata) , wild parsnip (Pasiinaca sativa), horse nettle (Solanum 

 carolinense) , velvet weed or button weed (Abutilon theophrasti), 

 burdock (Arctium lappa), shoo-fly (Hibiscus trionum), wild carrot 

 (Daucus carota) and Russian thistle {Salsola kali L. var. tenui- 

 folia) . 



■ Sec. 3. If any such owner, occupant, person, company or corpor- 

 ation in control of any such land shall fail or neglect to do the 

 things necessary to prevent the said noxious weeds on any such land 

 from blooming or coming to maturity, or shall permit weeds thereon 

 contrary to the provisions of section one (1) hereof, or if it shall 

 appear that there is danger that any such noxious weeds on any 

 such land may mature, then upon their own motion or upon com- 

 plaint made to any member thereof, it shall be the duty of the board 

 of trustees of the township in which such land lies or to which such 

 land may be adjacent and within the same county, or of the town 

 council or board of commissioners if within the limits of an incor- 

 porated town or city, to make investigation of such condition or 

 complaint, and if it appears that there is danger that any such nox- 

 ious weeds may mature or that weeds thereon render or are about 

 to render the streets or highways adjoining the land unsafe for pub- 

 lic travel or interfere or are about to interfere in any manner with 

 the proper construction or repair of the said streets or highways, 

 the said board of trustees, town council or commissioners, as the 

 case may be, shall make an order fixing the time within which the 

 weeds shall be prevented from maturing seed or the said weeds 

 shall be destroyed, prescribing the manner of their destruction, and 

 shall forthwith give notice in writing of the said order personally 

 to the owner of the land upon which the same exist if service of 

 such notice can be made within the township in which such land 

 is situated, and if it can not be so served, then by mailing said no- 

 tice by registered mail to the owner at his last known address, and 

 also by giving a copy of the notice to the person, company or cor- 

 poration in the apparent control or occupancy of the said land, 

 whose duty it shall also be to mail said notice to the owner, and 



