WEED AND SEED LAWS 797 



if the order so made is not substantially complied with by the time 

 fixed in the order and after reasonable notice as herein provided, 

 then it shall be the duty of the board of trustees, town council or 

 commissioners, as the case may be, forthwith to cause said order to 

 be fully performed, and the expense of the same, including the 

 costs of serving said notice and the special meetings of the board 

 of trustees, town council or commissioners, if any were required, 

 shall be advanced out of the township road fund, or town or city 

 general fund, as the case may be; or if the said fund shall be in- 

 sufficient therefor, the town council, commissioners, or the board 

 of trustees may borrow the money necessary to advance the same 

 by issuing warrants of a like amount upon the road fund, or upon 

 the town or city general fund, and at any meeting of the board 

 they shall assess all of the same against the said land and the owner 

 thereof by a special tax which shall be certified and collected to- 

 gether with interest and penalty after due in the same manner as 

 road taxes unpaid and shall be collected by the county treasurer 

 and when collected shall be paid into the fund upon which said 

 warrants were drawn. Before making said assessment, ten days' 

 notice shall be given such owner of the time and place of meeting 

 of the trustees, council or commissioners, which notice shall also 

 contain a statement of the work done and the expense thereof with 

 costs, and shall be given in the same manner as originally given to 

 owners as hereinbefore provided. At said time and place such 

 owner may appear with the same rights given by law before boards 

 of review upon increase in assessments. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the board of trustees of each town- 

 ship to consider the conditions of all lands and highways within the 

 township and outside of incorporated towns and cities as to noxious 

 weeds, and the town councils and commissions shall have the same 

 duties with reference to lands within their respective towns or 

 cities, and on complaint made to them or on their own motion, when- 

 ever it may appear that any of such lands within their jurisdiction 

 are infested with noxious weeds or other weeds, whether about to 

 bloom and mature or not, they shall order their destruction before 

 a date to be fixed in the said notice and prescribe the manner in 

 which the destruction shall be accomplished, notice of which order 

 shall be given as provided in section three (3) hereof, and if the 

 said order shall not be complied with the board may proceed to 

 cause the said order to be performed and shall certify the expense 

 thereof and it shall be paid and assessed to the lands upon which 



