Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-09
CATTLE RUNNING AT LARGE.

CATTLE RUNNING AT LARGE.
The following law passed at the last
session of the State Legislature, will be
found of immediate interest to all persons
owning cattle, and its provisions should
be carefully studied
AN HCT, to restrain from running at
large certain animals therein named.
Sec L Be It enacted by the General
assembly Of tie ,Stutt of Ohio, That 1t
shall be unlawful for any person or per-
sons, being the owner or having the
charge Of any horses, mules, cattle, sheep,
goats, swine, or geese. to suffer the same to
run at large IN any public road or high
way, or in any street, lane or alley, or
upon any incIosed land In the State of
Ohio, or cause such animals to be heard
ed, kept or detained for the purpose of
grazing the same on premises other than
those owned or occupied by the owner
or keeper Of such animals, except as
hereinafter provided; and any person
violating the provisions of this act, shall
forfeit and pay for every such violation,
as peualty therefor, not less than one
dollar or more than five dollars cOntin-
ued violation, after notios or prosecution,
shall be held to be an additional offense
for each and every day Of such continu-
ance
SEC. 2. That general permission may
be granted by the commissioners of any
county, for any animal named in the
first section of this act, to run at large
in their respective counties and in cOun-
ties where there is no general permission,
township trustees may grant special per-
mits, and such permissions, whether
general or special, shall terminate on the
first Monday of March in each and every
year; and such special permits shall be
revoked at the discretion of the town
ship trustees, upon three days notice in
writing to the owner of such animal, and
such special permits shall be directed to
individuals and for particular animals
described therein
SEC 3 That all suits to recover the
penalties provided for in this act, shall
be brought in the name of the State of
Ohio, on complaint of any person feeling
aggrieved, before any justice Of the peace,
or other court having jurisdiction, where
the offense is committed, and the party
offending shall on conviction pay the
amount of penalties adjudged, with costs.
All money collected as penalties, by vir-
treasury Of the township where the Of
fense was committed for the use of com
on schools therein.
SEC. f. That no prosecutions shall be
commenced to recover the penalties named
in the first section Of this act, until at
least one days notice shall be given to
the owner or persons having charge OF
such animal, as the case may be, and it
shall be a sufficiet defense to such prose
cution. to show that such animal was at
large without the knowledge of such
owner or keeper, and without fault of his.
SEC 3. That the owner, or any person
having incharge any animal described in
this act allowing the same to run at large
in violation Of the provisions OF act,
shall be liable for all damages done by
said animals upon the premises of anOth
er. without reference to the fence which
may inclose saippremises; provided that
nothing in this act shall render any own
er, or keeper of any the animals men
toned in the frstsection of this act, la
BILE for damages arising to any railroad.
SEC 6. That any person finding any
animals mentioned in this act At large,
contrary to its provisions, may, and any
constable or marshal of any city or in
corporated village, on view or informa-
ton, shall take up and conhne the same
forthwith, giving notice thereof to the
owner, if known, and If not known, by
hosting notices describing such animals
therein. in at least three public places
within the township; and If the owner
| does not appear and claim his property
and pay all charges for taking up, adver-
tising and keeping the same, within ten
! days from the date of said notice, the
said animals may be proceeded with un-
der the law then inforce regulating es-
tray.
Sec. Z. That the person or officer
taking up any such animals, shall be en-
titled to charge and receive from the own
or of such animals the following fees, in
addition to those authorized by law regu
lating estrays, to-wit:
For taking up and advertising each
| animal of the horse kind. or mule, one
dollar; each head Of neat cattle, seventy
| five cents each swine fifty cents each
sheep or goose, twenty-five cents; and
also reasonable pay for keeping the same.
/ See 8. That the plural number used
/ in this aet naming the animals to be pro-
hibted from running at large, and the
word animals" wherever used herein,
| shall be understood and held to apply
as we'll in the singular as plural number,
and the word person and persons,
shall apply to both natura, and artificial
| persons.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and
| be in force from and after the first day
of--next.
JOHN JOHNSTON,
| Speaker of the House of Representatives.
s. HUMPHREYVILLE,
President of the Senate.
April 13, 1865
! Coal DECLINING IN PRIcE-One of
the effects of war, is the recent decline
| in the price of gold The great falling
ioH in the consumption of that article by
the Government has already sensibly in
! fuenced the market.
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