STATE WEED LAWS NOW IN FORCE. 
ABIZONA. 
COCKLEBURS AND SUNFLOWERS. 
SEcTION 1. That all owners or operators of irrigating canais be required to remove 
from the banks of their canals all cockleburs and sunflowers growing thereon and 
remove the same before they ripen and mature their seed, and all irrigating canal 
owners or operators who shall fail to remove the same from the banks of their canals 
or irrigating ditches, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined 
upon conviction for the first offense the sum of ten dollars ($10) and for the second 
offense the sum of fifty dollars ($50) and for the third offense the sum of one hundred 
dollars ($100) and costs, and for all subsequent offenses the sum of one hundred dol- 
lars ($100) and costs, all such fines to be paid into the public school fund. 
Sec. 2. This act to take effect in sixty days from the date of its passage. 
Approved Aprii 3, 1893. 
(Laws of Arizona, 1893, No. 33.) 
CALIFORNIA. 
CANADA THISTLE. 
AN ACT to prevent the propagation of the Scotch or Canada thistle in the counties of Humboldt, 
Siskiyou, Klamath, Del Norte, and Alameda. 
SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or possessing land in the 
counties of Humboldt, Siskiyou, Klamath, Del Norte, and Alameda to permit the 
Scotch or Canada thistle to mature and disseminate its seed on land so owned or 
possessed by such person. 
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sow or disseminate any 
seed of the Scotch or Canada thistle upon any land owned or possessed by another. 
Sec. 3. Any person upon being duly convicted of a violation of either of the pre- 
ceding sections of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be 
fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail for a term not exceeding three months. 
Sec. 4. Any person who shall sell or in any way dispose of the Scotch or Canada 
thistle to another, whether in the packing of goods, or in grain, or grass seeds, or 
otherwise, shall be liable to suck person for all damages which may accrue to him 
by reason thereof, to be recovered by action in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
Sec. 5. Any road overseer in the county of Humboldt, Siskiyou, Klamath, Del 
Norte, and Alameda, who shall permit any seed of the Seotch or Canada thistle to 
mature within the boundary of any highway within his district, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined in any sum not 
exceeding one hundred dollars. All fines collected under this act shall be paid into 
the county treasury for the benefit of the common school fund. 
Sec. 6. The provisions of this act shall apply only to the counties of Humboldt 
Siskiyou, Klamath, Del Norte, and Alameda. 
Approved March 2, 1872. 
(Annotated Codes and Statutes of California, Deering, 1885. p. 725.) 
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