A code declaring ragweed and poison ivy to be a nuisance, providing
for removal or abatement thereof and recovery of expenses incurred
by the Board of Health in removing or abating such nuisance and prescribing
penalties for violations is hereby established pursuant to Chapter
188, Laws of 1950. A copy of said code is annexed hereto and made a part
hereof without the inclusion of the text thereof herein.
The said code established and adopted by this chapter is described
and commonly known as the "Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1953)."
Three copies of the said Weed Control Code of New Jersey (1953)
have been placed on file in the office of the Secretary of this local
Board of Health upon the introduction of this chapter and will remain
on file there for the use and examination by the public so long as
said chapter is in effect.
Any person who violates or fails or neglects to comply with
any provision of this chapter or code established herein, or notice
issued pursuant thereto, shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable
to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $300 for each violation.