The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-03-15
sTooK LAW.


The following bill which passed ct the
late session Of the Legislature was intFs-
duced BY Mr. BrandIey. of Chase county
To amend an act entitled "An Act suth-
orisiDg the County Commissioners, un-
der certain circumstances 10 issua Hn
order prohibiting stock from Tuuning
at large IN the night Iine," Approved
FEBRUARY eth. 1864.
Be 1. Enacted By rho Legislature Of tie
STATE of Kansas: ~
SEC. l. That Rhenevef a msj 5nty. OF
the -qual6ed electors in aug ore Of The
townships of the counties of this state.
shall, by petition, ass the board OF com,
rty commissioners of such county to make
an order thai all persons owning domssus
animals of any Kind. therein to bespecif
ed. shall keep them confined iS the night
time, for certain portion of the year, to
be specified in the petition. the said board
Of commissioners shall make such order
under their hands. aud cause the same to
be entered upon the Journal or record OF
their proceedings, and shey shall also
cause Garfield copy thereof TO be pub
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the county, for three weeks, or in case no
paper shall be published therein, then by
causing written or printed copies thereof
TO be posted in at least three public places
in said township, for three weeks before
such order shall take effect; aud such or.
der shall continue in force from year TO
year. according to the tenor tbeTeOF, which
! shall be in conformity with such petition
/ until the same shall be vacated or modi-
! fed by such board.
That section two of said act shall be
amended as TO read as follows:
T. SEC. 2. That whenever the number OIL
electors Of the proper township subscrib
ing such petition or petitions shall be al
least three fifths of the number of votes
polled In such township at the last gener-
al election, such number shall be cousid
cred conclusive as to q majority of. th,
qualified electors in the township, and an
affidavit shall be appended to each petition
by some competent witr ess, setting fortl
that the several petitioners are aualiGeC
electors of the township, and them selves
subscribed the~same, personally or BY
their authorized agents, naming suet
agents.
That section three of said act shall be
amended as to read AS follows: -
o SEC 3. That the owners of domes tic
animals 50 required to be confined in the
night time, shall be liable to aoy person
who shall suffer damage from thu deprs-
dations of such animals duri0g the night
time. for the period that such animals
shall be required to be confined by the
order above provided for, without regard
to the condition of his OF her tense. and
the person so damaged shall have liea
upon said stock for the amount of dam
age done aud all costs of proceedings to
recover tie same. - -
D SEC 4. That the act to which this is,
amendatory and the same be hsEsby re
pealed. III. ~ 80.
4 d, SEC This act shall take effect aud
be in force from aud after its publication
in the Kansas Farmer.
Mr. SPEAKER:
~ Your committee on Ag. and Man. tc
whom was referred H B No TAI, being
an act in relation to the running at Iarg,
of stock in the night time. report lh,
same back and recommend it's passage.
H. E. TUCKER. la1H
.. Chairman pro, tenn