Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-06
Cerhfcats S4here Parties cannot Agree
upon the Charges for Keeping Strays.
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Certi6cats t41srs Parties cannot Agree
upon the Charges for Keeping Strays.
Sec. 6.
Grant County, $.
Town of
Whereas dispute has arisen between
A. B., and G.. D., of said town, concern
ING the reasonable charges Of keeping the
following strays, to wit: (name them,
which came upon the lands of the said A.
B., on or about the day Of 1858, u have
been kept by him since that time until the
date hereof, and which are now claimed
BY the said C. D.: Now, therefore, |, the
undersigned, one of the Justices of the
Peace Of said town of do hereby GER
tify that have ascertained the reasonable
charges of keeping sid strays, after due
inquiry and examination, and that the
same amount to dollars and cents.
Given under my hand this day OF
1853. J. P, Justice Of the Peace.
The charge for publishing a stray no.
tice at This office, is 1,5o for four weeks.
NOTES. l. No person shall take
up anv stray, except horses and mules, I'M
less such person shall be resident of the
same town wherein such stray shall be
found. nor unless such stray shall be found
upon the lands owned or occupied by the
| finder. go r9
s 2. Any person taking up a stray
shall within seven DAYS thereafter, notify
the owners thereof, if to him known, and
request such owner to pay all reasonable
charges and take such stray away.
s 3. If the owner Of stray be unknown
the finder shall, within ten days after TAX
ing up the same, file a notice thereof,with
the town clerk of the town,s.nd the stray
or strays so taken up are of the value Of
less than FIVE dollars, he shall also post up
notices Of the taking up Of such stray, in
two or more public places in such town,
but if the stray or strays SO taken up areioi
the value of more than five dollars, he shall
cause such notice TO be published in some
newspaper Of the county, for four weeks
EsucccsSively,i if one beprinted therein,if there
De none, then by posting up written notices
in three of the most public places in The
county; all said notices shall contain .
brief description Of the stray describing the
same by giving marks, natural and artiff-
cial. as near as practicable, the name and
residence of the finder. and as near as may
be. the time at which the same was taken
IN: the said town clerk shall transmit a
copy of every such notice to the clerk Of
the board of county supervisors.
s 4. Every finder Of a stray or strays,
which when taken up, are Of the value Of
ten dollars or more, shall within one month
after taking up the same, procure an ap-
praisal thereof by justice of the peace 0!
| bis town, which appraisal shall be certified
to by such justice and within the time be-
| fore mentioned, filed in the Office Of the
flown clerk Of such town; and he shall pay
to such Justice fifty cents for such apprais-
al and certificate, and six cents for every
Emile necessarily travelled in such service.
s 5. If the owner or person entitled
to the possession ofany stray shall appear
at any time within one year after the no
Etice is fled with the town clerk as afore-
said, and make out his right thereto, be
shall have such stray restored to him, up
on paving all lawful charges which have
been incurred in relation to the same.
s 6. 1.-THE owner and the finder Of
any stray cannot agree upon the amount Of
such charges, or for the use Of such stray