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city or village, shall, between the 1st and 2Oth days of June, and between 

 the ist and 2Oth days of August, and if necessary, between the 1st and 

 2Oth days of September of each year, cut and burn or destroy, or cause 

 the same to be done, all brush, briers, burrs, Russian and Canada or 

 common thistle, or other noxious weeds growing or being within the 

 limits of any county or township road, improved or macadamized road, 

 street or alley within his jurisdiction. 



[Compensation.] Such supervisor or superintendent shall be 

 allowed not to exceed $1.50 per day, for all necessary labor done in the 

 performance of said work, to be allowed by the trustees and paid by the 

 treasurer of the township out of the road fund, or general fund, but a 

 street commissioner shall be allowed and paid, for any such services 

 performed by him, by the proper municipal authorities. 



[Owner or tenant may perform labor ; compensation.] The super- 

 visor or superintendent of any such roads shall allow any land owner 

 or tenant to cut and destroy any such brush, briers, burrs, thistles or 

 other noxious weeds, growing or being on such roads along the lands 

 abutting on such roads owned or occupied by such land owner or tenant, 

 but before the said work is performed shall fix a reasonable compensa- 

 tion therefor, which shall be credited on the road tax of that year assessed 

 against said premises ; provided, however, that such land owner or tenant 

 shall do said work or cause the same to be done before the ist day of the 

 month in which such work is required to be done as specified in this 

 section. 



[Destruction of briers, brush, etc., on toll roads; penalty.] The 

 superintendent, or manager of any toll, steam or electric road shall cut, 

 burn or destroy, or cause the same to be done, all brush, briers, burrs, 

 Russian, Canada or common thistle, or other noxious weeds growing 

 or being within the limits of any such road between the days of each 

 month as above specified in this section, and in default thereof, and for 

 five days thereafter, the trustees of any township through which any such 

 road passes, shall cause the same to be done, and shall have the right of 

 action against any such toll, steam or electric road company for the 

 amount of such work, together with one hundred per cent, penalty, and 

 costs of action to be recovered before any justice of the peace of such 

 county. 



SEC. 4731. [Drift against bridges, ditches, or culverts to be re- 

 moved.] The supervisor of each road district, or the superintendent 

 of any free turnpike or improved road, shall remove or cause to be 

 removed all timber or drift lodged against bridges, except toll bridges, 

 or bridges upon toll roads, and all timber, drift and sediment lodged in 

 and obstructing the free passage of water in ditches constructed for the 

 draining and protection of such roads, or under or against any culvert 

 over the same, or over any natural water-course adjoining and upon the 

 line of free turnpikes, and all other public roads in his district ; and he 

 shall receive the same compensation for such work or duties performed 

 as is prescribed by law for other road work. And in case any supervisor 

 or superintendent fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of this 

 act, he shall be held liable to a fine of not less than five and not more 

 than twenty-five dollars. And any adjoining landowner affected thereby 

 may, at the expiration of ten days, after serving a written notice on 

 such supervisor or superintendent to remove any drift or sediment, as 

 herein mentioned, of his own motion, remove or cause the same to be- 



