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SEc. 15. The State Weed Commission shall prepare a plan for the eradication of 
weeds mentioned in Schedule A found growing on lands belonging to the State and 
also on lands within the State the title of which still remains in the Federal Govern- 
ment, and shall report the same to the governor to be by him transmitted to each 
branch of the legislature during the first week of the next regular session of the 
legislature, 
In many States there are tracts of land outside of the jurisdiction 
of county authorities. In some instances land has been taken up, 
cultivated to some extent, and afterwards abandoned, the title reverting 
to the State or Federal Government. For complete immunity from 
future invasion, the weeds growing on these vacant or abandoned lands 
must be eradicated. The slow-growing and less aggressive perennial 
weeds would probably not constitute a danger sufficient to warrant the 
expense of their destruction, but it would certainly be a wise and eco- 
nomic policy to destroy the rapid-spreading annual tumbleweeds found 
on such lands. 
Sections 7 and 8 as here given are offered as substitutes for sections 
7 and 8 on pages 11 and 12, for States where an annual inspection of 
all the lands is regarded as impracticable: 
Src. 7. In case of the neglect or failure of any owner, lessee, or occupier of any 
land or lot within this State to destroy thereon the weeds mentioned in Schedule A 
at or before the times mentioned in said schedule, any person owning or having in 
charge any land or lot within the same township may complain in writing,—stating 
the names of the weeds, the location of the land, and the name of the owner, to the 
highway commissioner or street commissioner or other officer having in charge the 
highways or streets of the township, village, or city within which the weeds com- 
plained of are growing. In every such case the complainant shall send with his 
complaint a written agreement to pay to the said highway commissioner or other 
officer above designated his reasonable expenses incurred in the inspection of the 
land complained of on which any of the weeds mentioned in the schedule are not 
found. Upon receipt of such complaint it shall be the duty of said highway com- 
missioner, street commissioner, or other officer to inspect the lands or lots mentioned 
in the complaint and if any of the weeds mentioned in Schedule A are found grow- 
ing thereon he shall notify the owner, lessee, or occupier of the land in writing to 
destroy them, and if the weeds are not destroyed at the expiration of five days after 
service of notice, he shall employ such labor as is necessary and enter the lands and 
destroy in the most practicable and economical manner [or in the manner prescribed 
in the schedule] all of the weeds mentioned in the schedule that are found growing 
thereon: Provided, however, That in case there is no resident owner, lessee, or agent 
responsible for the care of the land the service of notice may be omitted. 
Sec. 8. Each highway commissioner, or other officer designated in section 7, shall 
make an itemized statement, duly verified by oath or affirmation, of the expenses 
incurred in inspecting each tract of land or lot on which weeds mentioned in Sched- 
ule A were found growing and of all expenses incurred by him for destroying said 
weeds, which statement shall contain a description sufficient for identification at the 
office of the county assessor of each tract of Jand or lot on which such weeds were 
destroyed under his direction, together with the name of the owner, lessee, or occu- 
pier of said tract of land or lot, and he shall deliver each such statement to the 
county assessor, and a certified copy thereof to the county auditor. He shall also 
issue vouchers for himself and for each assistant employed in inspecting weeds, at 
the rate of —— dollars per day, and to each laborer employed in destroying weeds 
at the rate of —— dollars per day, for the time actually employed. These vouchers 
