Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-11-16

Section l. No person sha take up any
stray except horses and mules, unless
such person shall be at the time resi-
dent of the sane town wherein such stray
shs be found, nor unless such stray shall
be found upon the lands owned or occu-
pied by the finder
Section , Any person taking up a
stray shall within seven days thereafter,
notify tho owner thereof if to him known
and request such owner TO pay all reason
able charges and take such stray away
Section 8 If the owner of any stray be
unknown, the finder shall, within ten days
after taking up the same, file notice
thereof with the town clerk of the town,
and if the stray or strays so taken up are
Of the value of less than five dollars, he
shall post up notices of the taking up OF
such stray, in two or moro public places
in such town; but if the stray or strays
so taken up arc Of the va'ue of more than
five dollars he shall cause such notice to
be published in some newspaper of the
county for four week. successfully, if one
be printed therein; if there be none, then
by posting up written notices in three of
the most public places in the county; all
said notices shall contain brief descrip-
ton Of the stray, describing the same by
giving marks, natural and artificial, as
near rs practicable, the name and resi-
dence Of the finder, and as near as may be.
the time at which the same was taken up
the said town c'erk shall transmit copy
of every such notice to the clerk Of the
board Of county supervisors
Section 4 f cry finder Of n stray or
strays, which when taken up arc Of the
va ne of ten dollars or more, shall, within
one month after taking up the same, pro-
cure an appraisal thereof by & justice of
the peace of his town, which appraisal
shall be certified to hy such justice, and
with in the time before mentioned, filed in
the Office Of the town clerk Of such town
and he sbali pay to such justice fifty cents
for such appraisal and certificate and six
cents for every mile necessarily Travelled
in such ser,icc.
Section 5. If the owner or person enti-
tied to the possession Of any stray shall
appear at any time within one year after
the notice is filed with the town clerk as
aforesaid, and make out his right thereto
he shall have such stray restored to him,
upon paying all lawful charges which
have been incurred in relation to the
same ...-
Section g. II 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 app ication
to any Justice cf the peace of the town
where such stray was taken up, to settle
the same, and the party making such ap-
plication shall give notice thereof to the
other party: and If any amount shall be
found due to the finder by the said Justice
over the vaiu6 Of the use of such stray
the same shall bea lien on said stray until
paid bv the owner. and the costs OF such
adjudication shnll abide the decision of
the Justice.
Section :. If the owner or person cnti-
ted to the possession Of any stray shnll not
appear and make out bis title thereto,
and paw the charges thereon, within one
wear from the time the notice is fled with
the town clerk as aforesaid, and If sach
stray shall not have been appraised
at n craaier value than ten dollars, the
finder shall have perfect tit G to the
same but if the appraised value of such
stray shall have been adjudged 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 finder, oy
anv constable Of the town, at public auc~
ton. upon first giving public notice there
of in writing By posting up the same IN
three of the most public places in such
town. at least ten DAYS before such sale.
and the finder may bid therefor at such
sale and after dcducting all the charges
+ Of the finder a. aforesaid. and the fees Of
the constable, which shall be the snme as
upon sale on an execution. one hall OF
the remaining proceeds of such sale shall
be deposi ted in the treasury of the town,
to be disposed of in such manner as the
town NAV direct and the other half shall
belong to the finder