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likely to be infested by weeds from the lands of another, including rail- 

 way right of way, the trustees shall make investigation of such con- 

 dition or complaint, and if the same appe. to be well founded, they 

 shall make an order fixing the time within which the weeds shall be 

 prevented from maturing seed, and an order that within one year such 

 noxious weeds shall be permanently destroyed, and prescribing the 

 manner of their destruction and shall forthwith give notice to the oc- 

 cupant of the lands where the noxious weeds exist, and if he shall 

 neglect to obey such order within the time so ordered the trustees may 

 cause such noxious weeds to be prevented from maturing seeds or may 

 cause such noxious weeds to be permanently destroyed, and the cost of 

 the work shall be recovered from the owner by a special tax, to be cer- 

 tified by the township clerk in the same manner as other road tax 

 not paid. 



SEC. 4. ROAD FUNDS MAY BE EXPENDED. The destruction of nox- 

 ious weeds in the public highway and other public places is hereby 

 made a part of the road work of the township trustees and the county 

 supervisors, and they shall have authority to expend road funds for the 

 destruction of weeds. 



SEC. 5. PROPERTY TAX. The law, as it appears in section fifteen 

 hundred and twenty-eight (1528) of the supplement to the code, 1907, is 

 hereby amended as follows, namely: By inserting after the comma in 

 the eighth line thereof the following words: "and for the destruction 

 of noxious weeds in public highways and other public places," and by 

 striking out the word "four" in the tenth line of said section and insert- 

 ing the word "six" in lieu thereof. 



SEC. 6. SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. Between November and the suc- 

 ceeding April of each year the county supervisors shall call a meeting 

 of the township trustees and the road supervisors of the county to con- 

 sider the best methods of road work and weed destruction, and in the 

 public interest may secure services of experts lo give instruction in road 

 building and weed destruction. For such attendance the same com- 

 pensation shall be allowed to the trustees and road supervisors and the 

 county supervisors as is allowed by law for other services, to be paid as 

 other expenses. The expenses of experts herein provided for may be 

 paid from the county road fund 



SEC. 7. CUTTING OF WEEDS OF HIGHWAYS. It shall be the duty of 

 township trustees and other officers directly responsible for the care of 

 public highways to cause to be cut near the surface all weeds on the 

 public highways in their respective districts at such times and in such 

 manner as to prevent seeds from maturing. 



SEC. 8. PENALTY. Any person, firm or corporation violating any 

 of the provisions of this act, or any township trustees, inspector or other 

 officer who neglects or fails to perform the duties incumbent on him 

 under the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 

 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00). 



IOWA SEED LAW 



SECTION i. Every lot in bulk, barrel, bag, pail, parcel or package of 

 concentrated commercial feeding stuffs as defined in section three (3) of 



