The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-27

shall forward to the publishera copy of the
registry thereof, marked outside ''estray pa
pers," together with fee Of one dollar and
fifty cents which shall be advanced by the
keeper Ofthe estray and out of which the post.
age shall be paid, which shall also be legal
charge against such estray.
Sec. 8. Ii any person claiming the owner,
ship of such estray, when the taker up shall
have complied with the foregoing provisions
of this act, shall drive away or cause to be
driven away from the place where such estray
is kept without first paying all charges and
damages against such estray, as provided in
this act, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction before any Justice OF the
Peace having jurisdiction, shall be fined double
the sum of said charges and damages and i'm
prisOned in the county Jail not less than ten nor
more than thirty days, at the discretion OF the
court.
Sec. 3. Every person who shall have filed
any such notice and have kept any such estray
described therein, shall, if the same be no soon
err claimed and redeemed, between the first day
of May and the twentieth day thereafter, give
notice to one of the Supervisors of the town,
whose duty it shall be to ascertain according to
the best OF his knowledge and judgment, the
reasonable charges tor keeping such estray; q
certificate for which shall be given by him to
the person applying for the same.
Sec 10. Each Supervisor or fence viewer
shall be entitled to receive six cents tor every
mile he shall be obliged to travel from his house
to the place where such estray is kept, and
twenty-five cents for the certificate OF the char
ges and damages and twenty-five cents for
certificate of appraisal as ascertained on ap-
praisal by him, such fees to be paid by the
owner of the estray.
Sec. H. II no owner shall appear to claim
such estray ON or before the first day OF
May next after the making of such entry as be-
fore provided, or neglect to pay the sums CHAR
ged against such estray, then the person who
shall have filed such notice and kept such es-
tray, may proceed to sell the same ut public
auction to the highest bidder; such person shall
give at least twenty days previous notice OF the
time and place OF such sale by advertisement
to be posted up in three of the most public
places in the town where such estray shall have
been kept and when the value of such estray
shall exceed twenty-five dollars, also in news
paper published in the county where the estray
was so found and if no paper is published III
the county, then in one OF the adjoining coun-
ties, two weeks successfully before the day OF
sale.
Sec. -. Out of the moneys arising from
such sale he shall retain for his own use the
sums charged on such estray according TO the
provisions of this act, and the like charges for
sale as are allowed on sales under executions
issued out of Justices Court. He shall pay the
residue of said money on demand to the OVER
of the estray if he shall appear and demand
the same
Sec. ID. If the owner shall not appear and
demand the residue Of such money at the time
of such sale, he shall deposit the said residue
of money with the Treasurer of the town
where such estray was kept, taking receipt for
the same, which shall be legal discharge to
the keeper of the estray.
Sec. IA. If the owner shall not within SIX
months after the deposit OF the residue OF the
money as provided in section IL OF this act ap-
pear and claim such money, he shall be forever
precluded from recovering any part OF such
money, and such money shall thereafter belong
to the town to be used under the discretion OF
the Supervisors of such town.
Sec. Is. All acts or parts OF acts inconsistent
with this act, are hereby repealed.
Sec. Is. This act shall be in force from and
after its passage.
Approved, March 5, 1868.
Posts in the several Townships throughout
State.
BE 1t enacted By tie Legislature of t4ei State of
Minnesota:
Section 1. Every township shall in the man.
ner provided in this chapter, erect and main-
tain guide posts on the highways and other
ways within the township, at such places as are
necessary or convenient Tor the direction OF
travellers.
Sec. 2. The Supervisors of each town shall
submit to the inhabitants at every annual meet
ing, q report of all the places in which guide
posts are erected and maintained within the
town, and Of all places at which in their opin-
ion they ought to be erected and maintained.
For each neglect or refusal to make such re-
port they shall sevcrally forfeit the sum OF ten
dollars.
Sec 8. Upon the report OF the Supervisors,
the town shall determine the several places at
which guide posts shall be erected and MAIN
tanned, which shall be recorded in the town
records A town which neglects or refuses to
determine such places, and to cause a record
thereof to be made, shall forfeit the sum of five
dollars for every month during which it neg
lects or refuses SO to do; and in such case, upon
any trial for not erecting or maintaining guide
posts reported to be necessary or convenient,
by the Supervisors, the town shall be estOpped
from alleging that such guide posts were not
necessary or convenient.
Sec. 4. At each of the places determined by
the town there shall be erected a substantial
post of not less than eight feet in height, near
the upper end of which shall be placed board
or boards, and upon each board shall be plainly
and legibly painted or otherwise marked, the
name OF the next town or place, and such 9th
er town or place of note as the Supervisors
think proper, to which each OF such roads lead,
together with the distance or number of miles
to the same; and also the figure of hand
with the fore finger thereof pointing towards
the towns or places to which said roads lead:
Prouided, That the inhabitants of any town
may at their annual meeting agree upon some
suitable substitute for such guide posts.
Sec. 5. Every town which neglects or refu-
ses to erect and maintain such guide posts or
some suitable substitutes therefor, shall forfeit
annually the sum of five dollars for every guide
post which it so neglects or refuses to maintain,
which sum sums may be sued for and col
lected by any person, before any Justice of the
Peace of the proper county; and the money SO
collected shall be paid into the town Treasury
for the benefit Of the roads and bridges of said
town.
Sec. G. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the LIST day of September,
A. D., 1868.
Approved. March 5, 1868.