CHAPTER VI. 

 SOME WEED LAWS AND SEED-CONTROL LAWS 



In connection with weed control the following laws 

 are published herewith : The Iowa Weed Law, the Iowa 

 Seed Law, which has formed the basis for seed laws of 

 several states, and the seed law proposed for general 

 adoption, prepared by a committee of the American Seed 

 Trade Association and the American Association of 

 Official Seed Analysts. 



THE IOWA WEED LAW 



SECTION i. LAND OWNERS OR TENANTS TO DESTROY WEEDS; WHEN. 

 It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation owning, oc- 

 cupying or controlling lands, town and city lots, land used as right of 

 way, depot grounds or for other purposes to cut, burn or otherwise en- 

 tirely destroy all weeds of the kinds mentioned in section two (2) hereof 

 at such times in each year and in such manner as shall prevent the said 

 weeds from blooming or coming to maturity. 



SEC. 2. Noxious WEEDS. The following weeds are hereby de- 

 clared to be noxious weeds, namely: Quack grass (Agropyron repens), 

 Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), cocklebur (Xanthium canadense), 

 wild mustard (Brassica arvensis), sour or curled dock (Rumex crispus), 

 smooth dock (Rumex altissimus), buckhorn or ribbed plantain (Plan- 

 tago lanceolata), and wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), horse nettle 

 (Solanum carolinense), velvet weed or button weed (Abutilon Theo- 

 phrasti) and burdock (Arctium lappa). 



SEC. 3. DESTRUCTION ON HIGHWAYS; NEGLECT OR REFUSAL TO DE- 

 STROY. It shall be the duty of the township trustees or other officers 

 responsible for the care of public highways in each township or county 

 in this state to destroy or cause to be destroyed all noxious weeds men- 

 tioned in section two (2) hereof or unnecessary brush on the highways 

 in such a manner as to effectually prevent the production of their seeds 

 or their propagation in any other manner, to warn out labor or to em- 

 ploy labor for this purpose in the same manner as for repairs to the 

 highways, and for neglect or failure to perform this work they shall be 

 subjected to the penalties in this act. If any occupant of lands ad- 

 jacent to the public highways neglect or refuse to destroy the noxious 

 weeds upon his land, or shall fail to prevent the said noxious weeds 

 from blooming or coming to maturity, when such weeds are likely to be 

 the means of infesting the public highway, or upon complaint of any 

 landowner to the township trustees that his lands have been or are 



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