802 WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



lars ($75.00) per month and his actual and necessary traveling ex- 

 penses incurred while performing his official duties, payable in like 

 manner as the salaries of other county officers. 



Section 1-c. The Board shall furnish such weed commissioner 

 an office at the county seat, and all stationery, blanks and supplies 

 necessary in the performance of his official duties. 



That Section Two (2) of said chapter be amended by changing 

 the period at the end of said section to a comma, and adding im- 

 mediately thereafter the following: 



And shoo-fly (Hibiscus Trionum), and wild carrot (Daucus 

 Carota) . 



That all of Section Three (3) of said chapter following the 

 words "in this act," in the ninth line thereof, be stricken out and 

 the following enacted in lieu thereof : 



Section 3-.a. It shall be the duty of the County Weed Commis- 

 sioner during the first thirty (30) days of his term of office, to 

 post in public places in each township of the county, at least fifteen 

 (15) notices setting forth therein, in substance, the law of the 

 State of Iowa in reference to noxious weeds and the destruction 

 thereof; to inspect all lands, including highways and railway 

 rights-of-way within the county, for noxious weeds, as defined in 

 Section Two (2) hereof, and give to the owners or occupants of 

 said land, and to the officers responsible for the care of the high- 

 ways on which any such noxious weeds be found, information in 

 reference to the presence of such weeds and the manner of destruc- 

 tion thereof. 



Section 3-b. If any occupant or owner of land, or any owner 

 or operator of a railway right-of-way, neglect or refuse to destroy 

 the noxious weeds upon his land or right-of-way or shall fail to 

 prevent the said noxious weeds from blooming or coming to ma- 

 turity, when such weeds are likely to be the means of infesting the 

 public highways, or the lands of adjoining owners, the County 

 "Weed Commissioner shall cause such noxious weeds to be prevented 

 from maturing seed, or shall cause such noxious weeds to be per- 

 manently destroyed and the cost thereof, not exceeding (30) cents 

 per hour for each man so employed, shall be recovered from the 

 owner of the land, or owner or operator of such railway right-of- 

 way by a special tax certified to the county auditor by the County 

 Weed Commissioner to be paid by the owner or operator of the 

 land or railway right-of-way as the case might be, and collected 

 by the county treasurer the same as other taxes. 



