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SEC. 8. Sections ninety-two (92), ninety-three (93), ninety-four (94), ninety-five 
(95), ninety-six (96) and ninety-seven (97) of chapter ninety-five (95) of the general 
statutes of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight (1878) as amended, are 
hereby repealed. 
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
Approved April 25, 1895. 
(General Laws of Minnesota for 1895, pp. 653-656. ) 
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NOXIOUS WEEDS FROM EMPTY FREIGHT CARS. 
SECTION 1. In order to prevent the spread of noxious weeds from empty freight 
cars, it shall be the duty of each and every railroad company owning or operating 
any railroad or railroads in this State, to keep the doors of empty freight cars closed 
while hauling such cars over their lines in this State. 
Sec. 2. Any railroad company that wilfully violates the provisions of this act 
shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty-five (25) 
dollars for each offense. 
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
Approved March 12, 1895. 
(General Laws of Minnesota for 1895, p. 651.) 
TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF WEEDS IN HIGHWAYS. 
SECTION 1. Every person and corporation shall destroy upon ali lands embraced 
within or constituting part of the public highway opposite or adjoining lands which 
he or they may own or control or occupy, all weeds known as Russian, Canada, or 
other thistles, burdock, white or ox-eye daisy, wild mustard, snap dragon, or toad 
flax, cockleburr, sow thistle, sour dock, yellow dock and other noxious weeds, at such 
time and in such manner as shall effectually prevent them from bearing seed. 
SEc. 2. If the occupant of any such lands shall fail to so destroy such weeds as so 
required after having six days notice in writing by any road overseer or other proper 
officer such occupant shall be reported by said overseer or other proper officer as 
delinquent and a tax be levied against such lands as hereinafter provided. 
SEc. 3. Whenever it shall become necessary to serve notice as provided in section 
two (2) of this act upon any manufacturing or other corporation owning or control- 
ling any lands in any town, such notice if served upon any agent of such corporation 
residing or being in said town, city or village shall be deemed good and sufficient 
notice; and if no such agent shall reside or be in such town, city or village, then 
such notice may be served upon any agent of such corporation who shall reside or be 
in any adjoining town, city or village or at its general place of doing business in 
this State; and if such owner of vacant lands is a non-resident, by mailing the same 
to any such owner or agent. 
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the road overseers of each town, street commis- 
sioner of each village, and the city engineer of each city, to serve or cause to be 
served the notice referred to in section two (2) of this act upon the proper person or 
persons, in their own town, village, or city as the case may require. 
Src. 5. The said overseer, commissioner, or engineer shall carefully inquire con- 
cerning existence of noxious weeds in his township or precinct, village or city and 
in case any person, persons, or corporation owning, occupying, or controlling any 
lands adjoining any public highway within this State shall neglect, after such 
notice, to destroy any Russian, Canada, or other thistles, burdock, white or ox-eye 
daisy, wild mustard, snap dragon, or toad flax, cocklebur, sow thistle, sour dock, or 
yellow dock or any other noxious weeds growing on any lands constituting any high- 
way, lane, or alley adjoining such lands, it shall be the duty of such officer to 
destroy or cause to be destroyed all weeds growing upon such highway. He shall 
spend as many days as the chairman of the town board, president of the village, or 
mayor of the city may deem necessary, and for each day so spent shall receive two 
