The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-09-14
The Law Concerning EStrays,

We publish the following for the benefit
of farmers and others in this county, who
will sometimes find it convenient to refer
to. 1t is not probable that half Of the peo-
pie who ''arrest" stray cattle and horses
know their duty in regard to the require
ments Of the law
l. No person shall take up any stray,
except horses and mules, unless such per-
son shall be at the time a resident of the
same town wherein such estray shall be
found upoR the lands owned or occupied by
the finder.
$ 2. Any person taking up stray SHALL
within seven days thereafter notify the
owner thereof, if to him known, and request
such owner to pay all reasonable charges,
and take such stray away.
5 3. If the owner of any stray be I'M
known, the finder shall, within ten days af-
ter 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 also post
up notices of the taking up of said stray, in
two or more public places in said 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 printed in the county, for four
weeks successively,i if one be printed therein;
if there be none, then by posting up writ
ten notices in three of the most public pla-
ces in the county all of said notices shall
contain brief description Of the stray, de-
scribing the same by giving marks, natural
and artificial, as near as possible, the name
and residence Of the finder, and as near as
may be the time at which the same was Ia,
ken up; the said town clerk shall transmit
a copy Of such notice to the clerk Of the
county board of supervisors.
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 said justice and within the time be-
lore mentioned filed in the Office of the town
clerk of said town; and he shall pay to such
justice fifty cents for such appraisal and
certificate, and six cents for every mile nee
essarily travelled i'll such service.
5. II the owner or person entitled 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
S 6. If 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 the town where such stray
was taken up, to settle the same, and the
party making application shall give notice
to the other party, and if any amount shall
be found due to the finder by the said JUS
tice, over the value of such stray, the same
shall be a lien on such stray until paid by
the owner, and he costs of such adjudica-
ton shall abide in the decision of the jus
tice.