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endanger the spread thereof, he shall be deemed guilty of a common nuisance, and 
upon conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace in this State shall be fined 
not exceeding five dollars. 
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of such overseer of roads in this State to cut 
down, all the Canada thistles growing on the road or highway over which he has 
charge or supervision, so after! in each and every year as shall be sufficient to pre- 
vent them going to seed. If any such overseer of roads shall knowingly suffer such 
Canada thistles to grow on the road or highway over which he has charge or super- 
vision,.and the seed to ripen, so as to cause or endanger the spread thereof, he shall 
be deemed guilty of a common nuisance and upon conviction thereof before any 
justice of the peace in this State shall be fined not exceeding five dollars. 
Sec. 3. That the justice of the peace in this State shall have jurisdiction of all 
offenses against the provisions of this act, and upon affidavit made that a person 
has violated any of the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of any justice of 
the peace in the county in which the offense was committed, forthwith to issue his 
warrant directed to the sheriff, or in his absence to any constable, commanding him 
to arrest the person so charged and to bring him forthwith before such justices for 
trial. 
Sec. 4. That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act. 
Passed at Dover, April 2, 1889. 
(Laws of Delaware 1889, p. 951.) 
ILLINOES. 
CANADA THISTLES. 
CHAPTER 18.—An act concerning Canada thistles. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the general assembly : 
SECTION 1. That there may be appointed by the board of town auditors in coun- 
ties under township organization, and by the county commissioners 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, some competent person, to be styled ‘‘ commissioner of Canada this- 
tles,” who shall take the oath required of township or precinct officers, and shall hold 
his office for the term of three years, and until his successor is appointed and quali- 
fied; and he shall receive for his compensation the sum of two dollars a day, for each 
full day necessarily spent in the performance of his duty, to be verified by affidavit. 
The board of appointment may, at any time, for good cause, remove the commis- 
sioner from office, and appoint his successor, to serve the remaining portion of his 
time. 
Sec. 2. The commissioner of Canada thistles shall diligently inquire concerning 
the introduction and existence of Canada thistles in his township or precinct, and if 
any are found growing therein he shall take charge of all such growing in the high- 
way and on uninclosed lands, and take care that they do not go to seed, or otherwise 
spread; and he shall carefully seek and learn, so far as practicable, the best methods 
for their destruction, and he shall persistently apply, in proper time such remedy as 
he shall deem best calculated to prevent their spread and eradicate the same. 
Sec. 3. In case said thistles are found growing on enclosed lands, the commissioner 
shall advise the owner, agent or occupant, on their treatment, and if the said com- 
missioner shall deem it necessary and expedient for him to fully control the same, 
he shall agree with the owner, agent or occupant on the boundaries of the tract so 
infested, which it is expedient for him to control, and he shall mark the same by 
stakes, or by fence if thought best; and thereafter such infected tract, or so much 
as from time to time remains infected shall be managed and controlled by the said 
commissioner, for the purpose of destroying said thistles, and so long as it may be 
1 So enrolled, for ‘‘so often.” 
