806 WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



"Any county commissioner who knowingly allows or aids in 

 allowing to any such, applicant under this act any timothy, clover, 

 red top or other seed, unless such applicant belongs to the class 

 referred to, who is destitute of needed seeds, shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor." 



MISSOURI. 



The revised statutes of Missouri make it the duty of the owner, 

 lessee or other occupant of lands and every railroad company or 

 corporation in the state to destroy Canada thistle and Scotch 

 thistle, prevent the formation of seed, and prevent said thistles 

 from spreading. A penalty of ten dollars is attached for every 

 offence. Notice shall be given to the agent, overseer or other 

 person having charge of the streets, roads or highways or places 

 where such thistles occur. Cases of violation may be brought be- 

 fore any justice of the peace of the county or city. Said fine when 

 recovered shall be paid into the county school fund. Where such 

 cutting is done on land by the overseer the cost is charged as a 

 tax against the property and collected as other taxes. The law 

 prohibits the throwing away of material with Canada thistle and 

 Scotch thistle seed and provides for the burning of straw or grass 

 packing containing thistle. 



NEBRASKA. 



In the state of Nebraska, there are two statutes concerning the 

 destruction of weeds, one pertaining to the destroying of weeds 

 in public roads, the main provisions in the law being as follows: 

 It is the duty of land owners in the state to mow or otherwise 

 destroy all weeds to the middle of all public roads running along 

 their lands, at least once each year, namely, between the fifteenth 

 day of July and the fifteenth of August. The overseer of roads 

 has authority to cut the weeds when complaint is made ; expenses 

 connected therewith shall be sent to the county clerk who shall 

 make an assessment against the land. The usual penalty is also 

 provided. 



In a second statute there is provision for the city of Omaha for 

 the destruction of weeds and worthless vegetation upon vacant 

 lots or land in the city of Omaha. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 

 The state of North Dakota has a law which seeks to prevent the 

 spread of noxious weeds by threshing machines. This act provides 

 that any owner, or teamster employed in hauling grain, either 



