Each owner and each person in the possession or control of any lands shall cut, burn or otherwise destroy, in whatever manner may be prescribed by the Board of Supervisors of Polk County, all noxious weeds thereon as defined in Chapter 317 of the Code of Iowa, at such times in each year, and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the program of weed destruction order or orders made by the Board of Supervisors, and shall keep the lands free from such growth of any other weeds, as shall render the streets or highways adjoining said land unsafe for public travel.