A. “Commissioner” whenever used in this chapter, means and refers to the agricultural commissioner.
B. “Person” means and includes individuals, corporations, associates, partnerships or trustees.
C. “Rodents” includes species of the ground squirrel, gophers, field mice, rats, and rabbits. (Ord. 160 § VII, 1934).

Any and all premises in the county infected or infested with rodents are hereby expressly declared to be a public nuisance. (Ord. 160 § I, 1934).

Whenever any such nuisance shall exist at any place within the county, it shall be the duty of the county agricultural commissioner to cause said nuisance to be at once abated by eradicating, or by controlling, or by destroying the rodents, and the reasonable expense incurred therefor shall be a county charge. (Ord. 160 § II, 1934).

It shall be the duty of the commissioner, whenever he deems it necessary, to cause an inspection to be made of any premises within the county for the purpose of ascertaining whether said premises are infected or infested with rodents. (Ord. 160 § III, 1934).

The commissioner shall have the power and authority to prescribe the methods to be used to eradicate or control or destroy said animal pests to employ the necessary labor for such work, and to prescribe rules for the qualifications of any person who enters his employment for said purposes, and to enforce such rules which he may establish. (Ord. 160 § IV, 1934).

The commissioner shall have the power and authority to manufacture and sell poison barley and such other materials as are convenient or necessary in destroying rodents. All such materials shall be furnished at cost to any person upon satisfactory assurance to the commissioner that such materials are to be used on premises within the county for the purpose of controlling or destroying or eradicating said animal pests. (Ord. 160 § V, 1934).

The penalty for violations of this chapter shall be as prescribed in Chapter 1.12 of this code. (Ord. 378 § 2(part), 1973: Ord. 160 § VI, 1934).