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mentioned in section two (2) hereof at such times in each year 

 and in such manner as shall prevent the said weeds from bloom- 

 ing or coming to maturity. 



Section 2. Noxious Weeds. The following weeds are here- 

 by declared to be noxious weeds, namely, quack grass (Agropyron 

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

 Canadense), w r ild mustard (Brassica arvensis), sour or curled 

 dock (Rumex crispus), smooth dock (Rumex altissimus), buck- 

 horn or ribbed plaintain (Plantago lanceolata), wild par- 

 snip (Pastinacasativa), horse nettle (Solanum Carolinense), and 

 velvet weed or button weed (Abutilon theophrasti) and burdock 

 (Arctium lappa). 



Section 3. Destruction on Highways neglect or Refusal to 

 Destroy. It shall be the duty of the township trustees or other 

 officers responsible for the care of public highways in each town- 

 ship or county in this state to destroy or cause to be destroyed 

 all noxious weeds mentioned in section two (2) hereof or un- 

 necessary brush on the highways in such a manner as to effec- 

 tually prevent the production of their seeds or their propaga- 

 tion in any other manner, to warn out labor or to employ labor 

 for this purpose in the same manner as for repairs to the high- 

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

 be subjected to the penalties in this act. If any occupant of 

 lands adjacent to the public highways neglect or refuse to de- 

 stroy 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 pub- 

 lic highway, or upon complaint of any land owner to the town- 

 ship trustees that his lands have been or are likely to be infested 

 by weeds from the lands of another including railway right of 

 way, the trustees shall make investigation of such condition or 

 complaint and if the same appears to be well founded they shall 

 make an order fixing the time within which the weeds shall be 

 prevented from maturing seed, and an order that within one 

 year such noxious weeds shall be permanently destroyed, and 

 prescribing the manner of their destruction and shall forthwith 

 give notice to the occupant of the lands where the noxious weeds 

 exist, and if he shall neglect to obey such order within the time 

 so ordered the trustees may cause such noxious weeds to be pre- 

 vented from maturing seeds or may cause such noxious weeds to 

 be permanently destroyed and the cost of the work shall be re- 

 covered from the owner by a special tax to be certified by the 

 township clerk in the same manner as other road tax not paid. 



Section 4. Road Funds May Be Expended. The destruction 

 of noxious weeds in the public highway and other public places 



