Bylaw No. 1/79 Eradication of Rats — full text

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## A By-law to Provide for the Eradication of Rats WHEREAS by Section 3 of The Pest Control Act, the Minister of Agriculture Ray by order published in The Saskatchewan Gazette deølare any animal, insect or disease that he deems likely to be destructive of or dangerous to any crop, grain livestock or other property to be a pest for the purpose of the said Act; and Whereas the said Minister has by order published in the issue of the Saskatchewan Gazette for July 5,1956, declared rats to be a pest for the purposes of the said Act; and WHEREAS the Council of the municipality is of the opinion that rats presently appearing or likely to appear within the municipality constitute a proble™ requiring the application of the said Act; and WHEREAS power is vested in the Council of the municipality by Section "12" of The Pest Control Act, to enact by-laws for the control of any pest to which such Act relates: NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191 enacts as follows: 1. For the purpose of this by-law the expression: "department' meand the DepartMent of Agriculture for the Province of Saskatchewan; municipality» meand the Rural Municipality of Marquis No. 191; "owner" includes every person who owns, occupies or controls land within the 2. municipality. 2. Every owner of land within the municipality shall take the following Measures to destroy, control and prevent the spread of rats on his land: 4. (b) he shall keep the said stations continuously stocked with an adequate supply of bait according to the recofmendations of the depart'ent. 5. shall provide suitable bait stations wherever required on land or other premises owned, occupied or controlled by him according to the recommendation of the department. 6. and other ani"als from the bait. 7. (e) he shall report to the pest control officer of the municipality the existence or suspected existence of rats on land or other premises owned, occupied or controlled by him in the Municipality and shall take such measures to destroy, control and be recommended by the depart"ent. 8. (d) he shall remove or destroy or alter any harborage for rats, with the exception of far" buildings usdd in his farming operations, and shall do so in a manner recommended by the department. 3. The Council of the Municipality shall obtain and keep on hand a supply of bait recommended by the departMent as suitable for the destruction of rats, unicipalits quantities deeled sufficient for eradication; and the Council of the shall supply the bait to an owener of land within the Municipality on his request and on such terms and conditions as the Council May dee" advisable. READ THREE TIMES by unanitous vote, and passed by the Council of the Rural Municipality of "arquis No. 191 at Marquis in the Province of Saskatchewan this 3rd day of April A.Do, 1979.   MARQUIS No. TURAL Quite Pagean Bostor SECRETARY TREASURER CERTIFIED A TRUE COPY OF A BYLAW PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MARQUIS No. 191, on April 3,1979 Orace REEVE 2840 SECRETARY TREASURER