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weed? mentioned in section forty-seven hundred and thirty-two are grow- 

 ing- on any such lands within their corporation between the tenth day of 

 June and the fifteenth day of October of each year, [shall] cause such 

 Canada or common thistles or other noxious weeds to be cut and destroyed 

 so that they do not mature seed or spread to other lands, and said council 

 may employ any person to cut and destroy said noxious weeds and allow 

 such person so employed fifteen cents per hour for the time employed in 

 such labor. And said council shall pay said amount out of any money 

 of the general fund in the treasury of said city or village not otherwise 

 appropriated, and take a receipt therefor. And said council shall make 

 return in writing to the board of commissioners of their county, with a 

 statement of the amount paid for such labor, and one dollar additional, 

 as a penalty on each lot or parcel of land containing less than one acre, 

 and with two dollars on each lot or parcel containing more than one 

 acre. The same having been allowed, the auditor shall enter the amount 

 so certified to him on the tax duplicate of the county against the lots 

 or lands on which said Canada or common thistles or other noxious weeds 

 were cut and destroyed, and the amounts shall be a lien against said lots 

 or lands from and after such entry, and shall be collected as other taxes 

 are collected, and returned to such city or village with the general fund ; 



[Release of land on payment of costs of such destruction and 



penalty.] Provided, that [if] any such owner of such lots or lands 

 shall tender to the treasurer of such township in cases of townships, or 

 to the treasurer of such city or village in the case of city or village, the 

 amounts so chargeable against such lots or lands for such labor, together 

 with the penalty as certified to by the clerk of said township, city or 

 village showing the amount of such charges and penalty, the treasurer 

 shall receive the amount so tendered, upon which said lots and lands 

 shall be discharged from further liability. 



SEC. 4732/7. [Compensation of township trustees; penalty for 

 not performing duties; disposition of fines.] Township trustees shall 

 be entitled to $1.50 per day for their services under this act; the mayor 

 of any city or village, or trustees of any township, or superintendent or 

 other officer of any toll road, or superintendent of any improved or 

 macadamized road, or supervisor of any county or township road, or 

 street commissioner of any city or village, who neglects or refuses to 

 perform their duties as mentioned in sections 4730, 4/32 and 47320, 

 shall be fined 'in the sum of fifty dollars in any court having competent 

 ivirisdiction of such cases: such fines shall go into the road fund of the 

 township in cases against township or toll road officers : and into the 

 street fund in cases against mayors or other municipal officers. 



SEC. 4732r. [Destruction of Russian thistles on lands in town- 

 ships; penalty for default; final jurisdiction.] The trustees, consta- 

 bles, or road supervisors of any township in this state, upon information 

 in writing that Russian thistles are growing oh any lands in their town- 

 ship, between the first day of June and the fifteenth day of October of 

 each year, shall forthwith cause notice in writing to be served upon the 

 owner, lessee, agent, or tenant, that such Russian thistles shall be cut and 

 destroyed within five days after the service of such notice; and in 

 default thereof, such officer shall forthwith make complaint before any 

 justice of the peace within the township, and any owner, lessee, agent or 

 tenant, who shall be convicted of such default, shall be fined in a sum 

 not less than five nor more than twenty dollars, and pay the cost of 



