/A- it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Xorth 
Dakota: 
Skction I. Noxious 'Wickds DEuixEn Maxnek ok 
Destkoving to he Pit eschihei). ] Every person anti everv 
corporation shall destroy upon all lands, which any such person o'r 
corporation shall own or occupy, all weeds of the kind known as 
Canada thistle, cockle burr, mustard, wild oats (Avena fat/nr), 
!• rench weed and Russian cactus (Salso/a kali^ var. tragns), ni 
such time and in such manner as shall effectually prevent their bear¬ 
ing; seed. Such time and manner of destroying such weeds shall be 
prescribed by the board of county commissioners, and the same shall 
be published at least two weeks in some newspaper in the coimtv, 
not less than two weeks before the time so prescribed ; Provided, 
further. That if there be no newspaper published in the coimtw 
then written notices of the same shall be posted, the same as election 
notice^i are posted in lieu of such publications. 
Sec. 2. Decision TO HE PuHEiHiiED.] ft shall be the dutv 
of the board of county commissioners,at their regular meetings in - Vpril 
of each year, to determine the time and manner of destroving such 
noxious weeds and shall cause such decision to be publisiied as 
provided in .Section i of this act. They shall also cause to be 
mailed to the chairman of each board of township supervisors and 
to every overseer of highways and road supervisor in the county a 
copy of their proceedings. 
Sec. 3. \\’itEN OvEitsKEHS SiiAi.i, Desthov T.\x 
Against Land.] W henever any individual, firm or corporation, 
owning or occupying any lands within this state, shall neglect or 
refuse to comply with the provisions of this act for more than ten 
da^ s after the time prescribed by said board of county commissioners, 
then it shall be the duty of the overseer or road supervisors, as the 
case ma}' be, to proceed forthwith to destroy the same in the manner 
prox ided for said destruction by the board of county commissioners ; 
it shall also be the duty of such overseers or road supervisors to 
ilestroy all such noxious weeds that may grow on the highways ami 
school sections and timber culture claims of his road district, and for 
so doing such o\ erseer or road supervisor shall have such compensa¬ 
tion, payable out of the township treasurv or countv treasurv, as the 
township board of supervisors or board of county commissioners, 
upon presentation of his account thereof, verified bv his oath and 
specif3ing b\’ separate items the charges on each piece of land, 
describing the same, shall deem reasonable, and the respective 
accounts so paid, except for the destruction of such weeds upon the 
highwaj’s, shall be placed on Uie next tax roll of the township or 
countv’, as the case ma\' be, in a separate column, headed “For 
destruction of weeds,” as a tax against the said land upon which 
such weeds were destroyed and be collected as other taxes, and the 
entry of such tax on the tax roll shall be conclusive evidence of the 
liability of the land so taxed to such tax. 
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