26 MONTANA BULLETIN 200 



THE COUNTY INSECT PEST LAW 



The County Insect Pest Law, as amended by the Eighteenth Session 

 of the Legislature, is as follows: 



4501. Destruction insect pests by county commissioners. The board 

 of commissioners of any county of this state, where there are any insect 

 pests, are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint some suitable 

 person or persons, whose duty it shall be, acting under the direction of 

 the state entomologist, to poison, kill, catch, and exterminate insect pests 

 within such county, and any such person so appointed is hereby empow- 

 ered and directed to enter upon any farm, railroad right of way, grounds 

 or, premises infested with such insect pests and poison, kill, aatch, and ex- 

 terminate the insect pests therein. 



4502. Compensation of persons appointed. Any person so appointed 

 under the provisions of this Act shall receive as compensation the sum 

 of not less than Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50), or more than Four 

 Dollars ($4.00) per day for eight hours labor performed in poisoning, 

 killing, catching and exterminating such insect pests exclusive of time 

 going to and returning from such work. Such person shall make a sworn 

 statement to the county of the time put in and the poison or other means 

 used, which said statement shall be attached to the bill or claim against 

 the county, and warrants in payment thereof drawn on the General Fund. 



4503. Purchase equipment — Warrants. The Board of County Com- 

 missioners of any county may, from time to time, purchase such quanti- 

 ties and amounts of poisons, traps and other equipment necessary to carry 

 out the provisions of this Act to poison, kill, catch or exterminate such 

 insect pests, and warrants in payment thereof shall be drawn on the 

 General Fund. 



4504. Tax levy for payment warrants. The Board of County Commis- 

 sioners shall annually determine the amount of such warrants drawn on 

 the General Fund for the purposes of this Act, and the succeeding year, 

 shall levy a tax for the purpose of insect pest extermination sufficient in 

 amount to reimburse said General Fund for the money so paid out on such 

 warrants, which said tax shall be levied upon all the property in the 

 county and shall not exceed one mill on each dollar of assessed valuation. 

 If there be no money in the General Fund with which to pay such war- 

 rants, they shall be registered and bear interest in the same manner as 

 other county warrants, but in such case the interest shall be computed 

 and added to the amount for which such tax is levied. 



4505. "Insect pest" defined. The term "insect pest" as used in this 

 act shall include grasshopper, cut-worm, pale western cut-worm, army 

 worm, chinchbug and any other insect generally recognized as a destroyer 

 of grain, hay, and horticultural crops. 



