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taxes assessed upon real estate are collected or returned and when the same are 
collected they shall be paid into the treasury of the township for the purpose ot 
reimbursing such township for any expenses which may have been incurred in 
Sie out the provisions of this act. 
SEc. 7. Any person who shall knowingly sell any grass or other seed among which 
there is any seed of milkweed shall, for every such offense, upon conviction thereof, 
be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, together with the costs of prosecu- 
tion, and in default of the payment thereof be imprisoned in the county jail fora 
period not exceeding ten days. 
Sec. 8. Every overseer of highways who shall refuse or neglect to discharge the 
duties imposed upon him by the provisions of this act shall be punished by a fine 
of ten dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment 
thereof be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of ten days. 
Approved May 22, 1891. 
(Public Acts 1891, pp. 107-109.) 
MINNESOTA. 
CERTAIN WEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. 
SECTION 1. The weeds named in this section shall be known as noxious weeds and 
are hereby declared to be common nuisances, and for convenience are classified into 
the following groups. First group: Wild mustard (Brassica sinapis!), wild oats 
(Avena sativa*), cockleburr (Xanthium strumarium*), burdock (Lappa officinati*), 
tumble mustard (Sisymbrium sinapistrum®). Second group: Canada thistle (Canicus 
arvensis ®), ox-eye daisy (Lencanthemum vulgare’), and quack grass ( Tuticum vulgaris®). 
Third group: French weed (Thalaspi arvensel”). 
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons or any corporation owning, 
occupying or having control of any lands within this State, whether within the 
limits of any town, village or city or otherwise, to knowingly permit or suffer any 
of the weeds named in the first or second groups mentioned in section one (1) of 
this act to go to seed upon any lands thus owned, occupied or controlled by such 
person or persons or corporation. And it shall likewise be unlawful for any such 
person, persons or corporation to knowingly permit or suffer any of the weeds named 
in the second group mentioned in section one (1) of this act to grow and reproduce 
themselves by crowns or underground stems or buds, for a longer period than two 
(2) years on any land thus owned, occupied or controlled by them; and it shall fur- 
ther be unlawful for any such person, persons, or corporation to knowingly permit 
or suffer weeds named in section one (1) of this act to produce seeds for a longer 
period than four (4) years upon any land thus owned, occupied or controlled by 
them. For the purposes of this act, ownership, occupation, or control of lands shall 
extend to the center of any highway, street or alley adjoining. 
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the town supervisors or other person or persons 
having the control of the public highways, streets or alleys, to enforce the provisions 
1 Brassica sinapistrum. 
2 Avena sativa is the cultivated oat. Avena fatua is the wild oat. 
3 Yanthium canadense is probably meant, as Xanthium strumarium does not occur in 
Minnesota. 
4 Lappa officinalis is an old name for burdock. Arctium lappa is the correct techni- 
cal name for this species. 
5 Sisymbrium altissimum is the correct name for this species. 
€Cnicus arvensis. The correct name is Carduus arvensis. 
7 Leucanthemum vulgare. The correct name is Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. 
8 Triticum vulgare, for which this is a misprint, is the technical name of cultivated 
wheat. The correct name of couch grass is Agropyron repens. 
° Thlaspi arvense. 
