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the appointment of weed inspectors, employment of labor, statements of expenses, 
and the rendering of reports. 
Src. 11. Each weed inspector shall in December of each year mail to the State 
botanist a report in the prescribed form stating approximately the number of acres 
in his district on which weeds of each species mentioned in Schedule A were destroyed 
under his direction during the preceding part of the year, the total cost of destroying 
them, and the cost of inspecting the land in his district. The State botanist shall 
present to the governor on the first Monday of February in each year a report of the 
proceedings of the commission together with a statement of its expenses and of the 
total expenses by counties of inspecting land and destroying the weeds thereon 
during the preceding year and of the total number of acres in each county on 
which weeds have been destroyed as required by this act. And it shall be the 
duty of the governor to submit said report to the State legislature, if then in ses- 
sion, or within the first week of its next regular session. 
A report such as is here proposed will require comparatively little 
time in compilation and will aid materially in deciding how much is 
being done under the law toward the eradication of weeds. It will 
afford data needed to determine approximately how much the benefits 
derived from enforcing the law exceed the cost. 
Src. 12. The willful resistance to or wrongful interference with any weed inspector 
or assistant or laborer employed by any weed inspector, while in the performance of 
any of the dutiesin this act prescribed, is hereby declared a misdemeanor punishable 
by fine not exceeding —— dollars or imprisonment not exceeding days, or both, 
in the discretion of the county court, and the county courts are hereby given juris- 
diction of all such offenses. 
Src. 13. The words ‘‘ owner, lessee, or occupier” wherever used in this act shall 
include corporations, companies, associations, or agents owning, holding, occupy- 
ing, or responsible for the use or care of any lot or land within the limits of this 
State, and they shall be subject to all the provisions of this act in the same manner 
and with like liabilities as any other owner, lessee, or other occupier of lands or 
lots, and service of notice upon any agent or officer of any such company, corpora- 
tion, or association shall constitute service upon said company, corporation, or 
association. 
SEc. 14. It shall be the duty of the highway commissioner or other officer directly 
responsible for the care of public highways in each township or county in this State 
to destroy or cause to be destroyed all weeds mentioned in Schedule A on the high- 
ways within his district, at or before the times mentioned in said schedule and in 
such manner as to effectually prevent the production of their seeds. He is hereby 
directed to warn out labor or employ labor for this purpose in the same manner as 
for repairs to the highway, and for neglect or failure to perform this work he shall 
be subject to the same penalties as for the neglect or failure to perform duties per- 
taining to the repair of highways. 
In many localities the weeds growing in highways are destroyed by 
the owners of abutting property, a practice that is heartily commended. 
The responsibility of the joint ownership of highways and the danger 
to adjoining property from roadside weeds, however, are not always 
sufficiently appreciated, and it is therefore deemed best to delegate this 
work to soine officer who shall be responsible for its proper execution 
throughout his district. Next to the railroad yards and the waste 
land in cities and villages, the roadsides are the most important avenues 
for the introduction of new weeds and for the propagation of old ones, 
They should, therefore, be watched with especial care. 
