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shall be presented to and audited by the county auditor who shall indorse thereon 
the amount he finds due, and then they shall be returned to the payee named therein 
or his assigns, or legal representatives, and be paid by the county treasurer out of 
any moneys not otherwise appropriated, or they shall be receivable for county taxes, 
within the county in which they were issued, to the amounts indorsed thereon by 
the auditor. 
The wild onion, and to a certain extent the nut sedge, horse nettle, 
and Canada thistle, escape the provisions of this law. The introduced 
wild onion of the Atlantic Coast region seldom produces seeds, but is 
propagated and distributed almost exclusively by bulbs and bulblets. 
In States where the wild onion or similar plants are troublesome the 
words ‘‘or bulblets” should be inserted after ‘‘seeds” wherever that 
term occurs in the law. The bulblets produced on the stalks perform 
the same office as seeds, and their production could be prevented in the 
same manner as the production of seeds is prevented. The secondary 
bulbs produced under ground could not well be included in the law, as 
their destruction is more difficult. Except in the caseofresodding lawns, 
however, the underground bulbs are of comparatively little importance 
in distributing weeds to new areas. The nut sedge is distributed to a 
considerable extent by the tubers, although its seeds are much more 
abundant and injurious than is usually supposed. The horse nettle, 
Canada thistle, and many similar plants can retain life in their root- 
stocks and continue to propagate within restricted areas for many 
years without being permitted to produce seeds. Plants with root- 
stocks hke these, however, are distributed almost exclusively by their 
seeds, so that if seed production is prevented the plants will be pre- 
vented from spreading. These plants can be ‘eradicated within the 
limits of any ordinary farm, but to make their removal compulsory 
would be more heroic treatment than the present sentiment in regard 
to weeds would be likely to support. It is quite probable, however, 
that some plan of local option might be devised by which townships 
devoted to dairying could eradicate the wild onion, and those devoted 
to gardening could eradicate the nut sedge. 
Provisions prohibiting the introduction of weed seeds in hay, straw, 
and packing would be beneficial if there were any practicable way of 
enforcing them. The nature of these articles seems to preclude the 
inspection necessary to detect the presence of seeds. Legislation 
against the sale of weed seeds mixed with commercial seeds is of prime 
importance for preventing the introduction and spread of weeds, but 
provisions of this kind more naturally belong to laws regulating the 
purity of seeds. 
