804 WEED FLORA OF IOWA 



An Illinois statute provides for the appointment of a commis- 

 sioner of Canada thistles by the board of town auditors in counties 

 under township organization and by the county commissioner in 

 counties not under township organization for each township or 

 election precinct and by the city council of any city or by the 

 president and trustees of any town or village as the case may be, 

 the former to hold his term of office for three years. Compensation 

 $2.00 per day. The commissioner shall diligently enquire concern- 

 ing the introduction and existence of Canada thistles in his town- 

 ship or precinct. He shall take care that they do not go to seed, 

 or otherwise spread. The commissioner shall advise with the owner 

 of the land concerning treatment. . The limit of money to be ex- 

 pended by the commissioner shall not be more than $100 on any 

 one infested tract. The commissioner shall make out a written re- 

 port to the supervisor of the town or to the county commissioner. 

 The report shall be read publicly at the annual town meeting, as 

 to whether any thistles are growing; if growing, where; it shall 

 contain a statement as to the treatment of the infested tract and 

 shall make such other suggestions as may seem proper. He shall 

 forward a copy to the secretary of the state Board of Agriculture. 



A land owner shall not deposit weeds or trash on the public 

 road. The same chapter provides that the commissioners of high- 

 ways in their respective towns shall enforce the law with reference 

 to cocHebur, Canada thistle and Russian thistle. 



INDIANA. 



The Indiana law makes it a misdemeanor for any person or 

 corporation, on property belonging to the person or corporation, 

 to allow Canada thistles to grow until they become the length of 

 6 inches from the surface of the ground to the tip of the stem. 

 The law makes it a misdemeanor for persons having charge of high- 

 ways to allow Canada thistle to grow to the length of 6 inches or 

 to mature. It makes it the duty of the road supei^isor or of the 

 president of the board of trustees, to notify the occupant of the 

 land on which Canada thistle grows to cut said thistles below the 

 surface of the ground within 5 days of notice. Penalty is attached 

 for not complying with the notice. A penalty is also attached to 

 non-performance of the duties of the supervisor, township trustee 

 or mayor. 



