Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-06-26

Ing charge Of the property damaged.
shall, within twenty-iOur hours after
such distraffit, notify the owner OF
owners, or person or persons claim.
Ing right tn such stock, III he, sh.,
or they can 10 fppisd With reasonable
diligence, thnf n n dlstrnined, and
that he, sliesapf tlSey may Forthwith,
appcAs who're Tin JimAafagc has been
dusJe and view, cs,ipp pfs,telisc, ean,l
pay the ritha, Or Milling 80 "a d9<tye
stock viii be dealt with according to
Her. Q. The owner or owners, rcr-
sonar persons havinn cherko Af cue,
stock, may within twenty four hours
Alter receiving nhoh nttice appear
aud View, compromise, and pay tIain.
agce. .and if the parties cnnnot
agree upon the amount Of damage.
~ b. paid. ur lq,on tho nlnnnef by
which such damages will be determ-
incd, the party Sustaining the dam
nge. shall immediately notify tho
township trustees "a DO and appexr
ut the time anil place designated III
said notice, (whicll shall not he more
than twenty-four hours after tho
service thercofl to view and assess
the damages. f
See. 4, When two or more of
said trustees have assembled, they
shall proceed to view and assess tho
amount OF damage done by the stock
dlstfnined, and the amount for
which thu owner Of each head dis.
trained Ia liable, and a'so the amount
TO be paid by the owner, or owners,
to persona claiming such eistrained
stock, and the amount TO be paid or
diem for the, keeping OF each head cf
such stock, and for the purpose Of
arriving Mt any OF the facts csnnects
eel with their ofiicinl duties as speti-
tied by this act they, or either of
them, may place under oath anv pei
son from whom they choose to elicit
the Information dusired. And tho
said trustees shall, at the time OF
making the appraisement, each re-
ceive from the complaining party
one dollar Tor every six hours occu-
pied by them In making the ap-
praisemcnt.
Sec. s. The trustees shall nj tho
time of making the appraisement
make correct record OF the doings,
which they shall preserve for the f,l-
ture reference, and ,ehall also, Mt the
same time, make md deliver one
copy thereof TO tho complainant.
Sec. 0. AT any time within thir-
ty days from, tho time of tiistraining
such stock, the owner, owLers, ar
claimants of such stock or any part
thereof may reclaim them or part
thereof, by paying to thefconapinin-
ant, his, her, or their proportion OF
the damages assessed and charges
made, ms determined by the trustees,
according 10 the number they or
either OF them may have distrained,
and III ut the end uf thirty days nfter
distraining said stock any part there.
of shall remain In distraint, aud the
owner or claimants, are known aud
have been notified ms provided by
section two Of this act the chairman
of the board Of trustees shall sell tho
same mt the enclosure, for cash To tha
highest bidder, between tire hours of
one anu three o'clock, r. NJ, of laid
day, after posting up notices OF tho
lime and place of said sale I'm mt least
three public places In the township
where said damage was done at least
ten days previous to the time OF said
sale but II at tho end of thirty days
after such distraint, the owner, or
owners, or claimants are not known
and cannot with reasonable diligence
be found, then 30 much OF the stock m
belongs to them, or either or them.
shall ba treated as estrays according
to the laws OF this State now hi
force.
Sec. u, Within twenty-four hours
after such sale, the chairman OF ths
board of trustees shalt deduct from
the proceeds thereof the amount
OF damages unpaid, with costs OF
keeping said stock, and one dollar
for every six hours expended by
either OF the trustees, la the dis
charge or their duties as contempln-
ted by the provisions of tliis act,
which amount shall be pnid over 10
the person or persons ciltitled to rc-
ceive IL.
Sec. 8. Within three days after
such deductions have been made, The
chairman of tho board or trustees, eii
demand being made. shall ray over
all balances remaining I'm Ills hnn6s
i TO the person or persons entitled tn
receive them, and In such proper
tions as shall correspond with the
number of stock distrained, and IN
accordance with the determination
OF the trustees, and III the owners or
claimants refuse or fall to receive or
demand the amount to which they
or either OF them ARE entitled, the
balance shall be paid over to the
county treasurer, and become part
OF the county school fund.
Sec. 0. III, after the complain
ant has distralncd any stock, any
person without his consent shallro-
lease, or attempt to release. suol,
stock, or any part thereof, from con-
finement, he shall on conviction, be
deemed guilty Of nsisdemeanor, and
shall be punished by q fine OF not less
than ten nor more than ono hundred
dollars for each offense, or by ian.
prisonnicht not exceeding thirty
days. III
5ec.s 10. At their regular session
In June I'm each year, Il majority oI
tho Board Of Supervisors, In each or.
ganized county I'm this State, shall
determine whether the adoption 81
the provisions or this net shall bt
submitted to tho legal voters pf tlit
County ut the ensuing general cleo
tion. and if tile Supervisors 10 de-
clare, there may be written or prin.
ted on each ballot cast, either or ths
sentence following, 10 wit: For
the stock act.u against the stock
act, ,r--and liz d majority Of NIL this
4 votes cast at such election la ssAid
| county, be For the stock act, y then
and not otherwise, shall the provis
ions Of this act be- In full force Ia
each county for one year. aud so Ions
j thereafter as the legal voters shall y
determines.
Approved April Z, ia0s. "
| STATE OF IOWA. n
i OFFIcE or HEcnETARYOFy STATE,
DEs MONIES, May !, 1868. J
i I hereby certify the foregoing 10 l,s
q true copy Ok the original roll now
Uii file In this Office.
ED WRIGHT,
'- 6cc,y Of state. 4
CHAPTER t4e.
/ AN ACT making ali Public Street,
Iii Towns and Villages not incs,fpo
rated = Part Of the Public High
Il 3 wny. 99ssd Asaass4 H
| SECTION 1. ne III anacked by III
i General Assensbiy or the slttfe of loW4
That public streets Of towns Or vii
lagos or this State not iiicurp0rntrt
are and the same IL fare1 hereby de-
clarad tn be u part of the public high
way, and II made the duty of al
road supervisors or persons having
charge 0f the public highways III
the respective districts In such town
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