WEED AND SEED LAWS 799 



Sec. 11. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall 

 take effect and be in full force after its publication in the Register 

 and Leader and the Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in 

 Des Moines, Iowa.* 



Approved April 23, A. D. 1913, and became effective by publi- 

 cation May 1, 1913. 



The law which was in force until repealed by the above act is as 

 follows : 



Section 1. Land owners or tenants to destroy weeds — when. — 

 It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation owning, 

 occupying or controlling lands, town and city lots, land used as 

 right of way, depot grounds or for other purposes to cut, burn or 

 otherwise entirely destroy all weeds of the kinds mentioned in 

 section two (2) hereof at such times in each year and in such 

 manner as shall prevent the said weeds from blooming or coming 

 to maturity. 



Section 2. Noxious iveeds. — The following weeds are hereby 

 declared to be noxious weeds, namely, quack grass (Agropyron 

 repens), Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense) , cocklebur (Xanthium 

 canadense), wild mustard (Brassica arvensis), sour or curled dock 

 (Ruonex crispus), smooth dock (Rumex aitissimus) , buckhorn or 

 ribbed plantain (Plantago lanceolata) , and wild parsnip (Pastinaca 

 sativa), horse nettle {Solanum carolinense) , and velvet weed or 

 button weed (Abutilon theophrasti) and burdock (Arctium lappa) . 



Section 3. Destruction on highways — neglect or refusal to de- 

 stroy. — It shall be the duty of the township trustees or other 

 officers responsible for the care of public highways in each town- 

 ship or county in this state to destroy or cause to be destroyed all 

 noxious weeds mentioned in section two (2) hereof or unnecessary 

 brush on the highways in such a manner as to effectually prevent 

 the production of their seeds or their propagation in any other 

 manner, to warn out labor or to employ labor for this purpose in 

 the same manner as for repairs to the highways, and for neglect 

 or failure to perform this work they shall be subjected to the 

 penalties in this act. If any occupant of lands adjacent to the 

 public highways neglect or refuse to destroy the noxious weeds 

 upon his land, or shall fail to prevent the said noxious weeds from 

 blooming or coming to maturity, when such weeds are likely to 

 be the means of infesting the public highway, or upon complaint 

 of any land owner to the township trustees that his lands have 

 been or are likely to be infested by weeds from the lands of an- 



