The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-01-25

bill provides that railroad companies
having any part of their road lyisg in
this State, shall not charge at higher
rate for transporting freight to points on
the Mississippi river, than they do for
transporting it to points beyond the river.
Other bills having . reference to csrtain
restriction on the charges Of railroad cor.
poratious for the transportation Of freight
and passengers, are in the course Of pro.
psration, aud will soon be introduced. 49,
The big fight Of The session will be on
the railrosd question. .a.u..aa...
The joint resolutions ratifying The
amendment to tho U. s. Constitution
passed both branches without Dissent.
ing voice. Joint resolutions proposing
important amendments to our State con.
stitution have been submitted. 49, q.
"A resolution introduced BY Mr.. Sapp,
declaring that, in tho opinion Of tho
House., Jefferson Davis hes been guilty
ofths crime Of treason, Is not fit subject
for executive clemency, and should ex.
piste his crimes on the gallows," ELECTED
considerable discussion, but passed with
only nine dissenting votes.
Joint resolutions in reference to tho
improvement of the rapids, and other
matters Of general interest, have also been
passed. But everything can not be mon.
toned. And hereafter particular men
ton will be made only of bills which are
psssed-sincs people generally are far
more interested in what has actually be.
come law, than 10 what has only been
submitted to the consideration of the
aw.m,king power. x.
ED. ADvERTIsER:-Io accordance with
the concluding part Of my first com nun.
icstion, l will now propose a remedy to
make our hog and estray laws effective.
First, let our Legislature pass in sub
stance the following:
Sec. /. Bs it enacted, &c, That 10 all
counties in this State where by vote Of
the legal voters Of such county, or by
any act of the General Assembly Of this
State. it has been or may hereafter be
decided: that hogs and sheep shall be
prohibited from running At large; it
shall be lawful in any such county for
any person segrieved BY any of these
animals forthwith to distrsin them; and
give, within 4s hours, notice thereof to
the owner, If known, for which said
owner shall pay fifty cents to the person
50 aggrieyed, and for his trouble of keep.
ing the same no less than S nor more than
20 cents per day for each animal so dis.
trained; or if he refuse to do this he
shall forfeit his right in such animal OF
animals g. ..
Sec. 2. II tho owner of any such sni
nal or animals, after being uoti6ed -
directed IN tho first section of this act,
shall refuse to keep up or prevent such
animal or animals from running at large,
he shall be subject to a fine not exceed.
ing Eve dollars, nor less than ono dollar,
for every such offsnse; to be recovered
before any Justice Of the Pesos within
the proper township, or forfeit his right
10 such animal or animsls.
Sec 3. That when the owner 10 not
known, such animals shall be considered
estrays, subject to be taken up at any
time, and when taken up, tho distrained
shall, within 48 hours, advertise them 10
Eve public places within the township in
which they were taken up one Of which
shsll be posted At the nearest postofics.
Said advertisement shall state tho NUN.
Der Of animals and describe a. near 10
may be the marks, sge, color, kind and
value Of each; and if no owner appear
within ten days to reclaim them in 40.
cordauce with tho provisions of Section
lst Of this act, he shall hand copy Of
the advertisement to the county clerk
with his affidavit over his signature, thst
the statements therein contained are true
and that hs has not changed or sltered
the marks OF any of the animals, and that
hs had posted the advertisements a. 70.
quirsd in this section whereupon the
clerk, If the value of tho animals does
not exceed ten dollars, shall file the id.
veftisement aud issue . certificate Of
ownership; but, ifthe value exceeds ten
i collars and is not more than thirty dol.
lars, the clerk shall record the advertise.
ment 10 tho estray book, with the dis
trainers ,fidavit, and also eauss : copy
of it, properly authenticated, to b prist.
ed in some weekly newspaper published
within the proper county, 4 weeks in
succession, and if there bs none publisht
ed,e he shall post . copy on tho cour-
houfs door for al Of which the distrain.
or shsll pay, - 10 provided by custom
and existing laws and should no owner
appear within two months from the filing
Of the advertisement with tho clerk, the
property shall vest in tho distrainer, he
having psid al fess and charges for
printing, together with the fee for the,
certificate Of ownership which the clerk
shsll issue to him a the expiration Of
two months. For animals exceeding 80
dollars 10 value. property shall vest 10
The distrsinsr after the expiration q elk