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upon the tax roll shall be conclusive evidence of the liability of the land so taxed 
to such tax. 
Src. 10. The county treasurer shall immediately after such settlement in February, 
May and September pay over to the treasurer of the State all money received by him 
arising from taxes levied and collected belonging to the State, taking duplicate 
receipts thereof one of which shall be placed on file in the office of the county 
auditor. 
Src. 11. If any township supervisor or village or city councilman or county com- 
missioner or weed agent shall knowingly and willfully neglect or refuse to perform 
any of his or their duties prescribed in this act upon conviction thereof shall pay a 
fine of not more than one hundred ($100) dollars, and not less than twenty-five ($25) 
dollars; and it shall be the duty of the county attorney upon the complaint of any 
taxpayer in the county to bring action and prosecute the same. 
Src. 12. All moneys arising from the collecting of fines shall be paid to the town 
treasurer in organized towns, or in case of towns not organized to the county 
treasurer, or in villages and cities to the village or city treasurer and placed by him 
to the credit of the general town, county, village or city fund, respectively. 
Src. 13. Upon the petition of the owner or owners of any lands in the State to 
the district court of the county in which the land tax for the destruction of Russian 
thistles is located, the judge of the district court to whom petition is made shall 
hear the evidence and where the payment of the tax will work extreme hardship he 
may inake such order and grant such relief as shall be equitable and in case the tax 
or any part thereof shall be abated, the finding of the court shall be immediately 
reported to the county treasurer and one copy to the county auditor. 
Such petition shall be made and a determination thereof had prior to the time for 
the filing of the delinquent tax list by the county auditor, with the clerk of the 
district court, and eight days’ notice of the time and place of hearing thereof shall 
be given by the appellant to the county attorney of the proper county. 
Sec. 14._ The board of town supervisors, and in case of unorganized towns the 
board of county commissioners shall cause to be destroyed all Russian thistles on or 
before the date fixed by law on all lands belonging to the State, and payment for 
said work shall be provided for in the same manner as is provided for in section 7 of 
this act for the payment of the destruction of Russian thistles on the lands of neg- 
ligent owners, except that the county need not refund such moneys to the State. 
Sec. 15. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
Approved April 11, 1895. 
(General Laws of Minnesota for 1895, pp. 656-660. ) 
FENCES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RUSSIAN THISTLE. 
SECTION 1. Every organized township in this State is hereby authorized to vote 
and issue the bonds of such township at any annual, or special town meeting, called for 
that purpose, in such an amount asa majority of the electors thereof may deem neces- 
sary, to build and maintain a fence at or near the township line for the purpose of 
preventing the spreading of Russian thistles over the lands of the township. 
Src. 2. Whenever the electors of any township, shall provide the funds by the 
issuing of such bonds to build a fence in accordance with the provisions of this act, 
the persons authorized to build such fence, under the direction of the supervisors, 
shall have lawful right of entry upon any lands, for the purpose of erecting such 
fence, along or near the boundary of such township. 
SEC. 3. A. fence may be built within the bounds of any public highway whenever 
it may be necessary, in order to carry out the provisions of sections one and two of 
this act; provided such fence does not obstruct or interfere with the travel thereon. 
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and approval. 
Approved March 5, 1895. 
(General Laws of Minnesota for 1895, pp. 633-634. 
