Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-11-10
THE HERALD.
THELAW IN RELATION TO sTRAYs-WRJ
MAY TAKE up TRAYS.

person shall be at the time resident Of thel
same town wherein such stray shall be fourJ
nor unless such strs.y shall be found upon
the lands owned or occupied BY the finder.
Within aohat time notice to be glven TO
oWner.
Sec. Q. Any person taking up stray
shall, within seven days thereafter, notify
the owner thereof, tito him known, and re-
quest such owner to pay all reasonable
charges and take such stray away.
Hon notice to be given If ovner Of stray
Is tRknoaCp.
Sec. 8. IF the owner Of any stray be
unknown, the finder shall, within ten days
after takingup the same, file notice there
Of with the town clerk of the town, and IL
the stray of 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
are of the value of more than five dollars
he shall cause such notice to be published
in some newspaper Of the county, for -four
weeks successfully; = Z < all sal
notices shall contain brief description
the stray; describing the same by g;yins
marks natural and artificial, as near as prac
tieabe, the name and residence of the find
81, aud, as near as may be, the time II
which the same was taken up; the sale
town clerk shall transmit a copy Of every
such notice to theclerk Of The board ofcoun
tysuperyisors.
Wdea 0olue Of stray to be appraised.
Sec. 4. Every finder of 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 APP
praisal thereof by justice Of the peace OF
his town, which appraisal shall be certified
to by such justice, and within the time be-
fore mentioned, filed in the Office of the
town clerk of such town; and he shall pay
to such Justice fifty cents for such apprais-
al and certificate, end six cents for every
mile necessarily travelled in such service.
Gunner may hare stray returned aoithin
one gear.
Sec 5. IF the owner or person entitled
to the possession Of any stray shall appear
at any time within one year after the no.
tice is filed with the town clerk as aforesaid
and make out his right thereto, he shall
have such stray restored him, upon paying
all lawful charges which have been incurred
in relation to the same.
If oaone, and finder cannot agree uponI
amount Of charges, a justice shall settle
the same.
Sec. 6. IL the owner and the finder of
any stray cannot agree upon the amount Of
such charges, or for the use Of such stray,
either party may make application to any
justice of the peace of any town where such
stray was taken up to settle the same, and
the party making such application shall give
notice thereof to the other party; and if
any amount shall be found due to the find
er by the said justice, over the value of the
use Of such stray, the same shall be a lien
on said stray until paid by the owner, and
the cost of such adjudication shall abideI
the decision of the justice.
Hon stray TO Be disposed Of a0hen Gunner
does not appear.
Sec. Z. If the owner or person entitled /
to the possession of any stray shall not APP
pear and make out his title thereto, and pay
the charges thereon, within one year from
the time the notice is filed with the town.
clerk as aforesaid, and if such stray shall
not have been appraised at a greater value
than Ten dollars, the finder shall havea per-
feet title to the same; but if the appraised
value Of such stray shall have been adiudg-
ed to be more than ten dollars, as provided
in the fourth section Of this chapter, SUCH
stray shall be sold at the request Of the find
CT, by any constable Of the town, at public
auction. upon first giving public notice there
of in writing, by posting up the same in
three of the most public places in such town.,
ut least ten days before such sale, and the
finder may bid therefor at such sale; and
after deducting all the lawful charges of
the finder as aforesaid, and the fees of the
constable, which shall be the same as upon
n sale on an execution, one half of the re-
manning proceeds of such sale shall be de
posted in the treasury of the town, to bel
disposed of in such manner MS the town
lnay direct, and the other half shall belong
to the finder
Penaiiy on any person aUho shall take
stray aeithom consent Of the owner.
Sec. 8. If any person shall, without
consent of the finder, take away any stray
taken up pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter, without first paying all the lawful
charges incurred in relation to the sumo,
he shall be liable to the finder for the val
lie of such stray.
Penalty on finder for neg'ecfing to al
UertiSe, etc.
Sec. o. 1.-THE finder Of any stray shall
neglect to cause the same to be advertised,
lin some newspaper IN thecounty where b
resides when the animal is worthmore thai
five dollars, or notice thereof to be post
ed up, Twhen the animal is worth Tess than
five dollars, or if he shall neglect to pro-
cure the appraisal Of any stray which be Of
the value Of ten dollars or more, or if he
shall neglect to perform any Of the duties
required OF him in this chapter, he shall be
prccluded from acquiring any right Of
property in such stray by the provisions Of