The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-11-25
Stray Laws and Forms.

Tor the lnIOTnaClOn OF our friends we
here publish the Law in regard to strays
as follows.
The laws of Wisconsin for disposing of
stray animals are plain and compreEen-
slve and VIXEN complied with, arc alike
just to the owners and to those who take
up animals. The legislature last winter
codifed the laws relating to strays (See
Chap. 54, Gen'l Laws of 1869, as fol-
lows.
Section |. No person shall take UP
any stray except horses and mules, unless
such person shall be at the time resi-
dent of the town wherein such stray
shall be found upon the lands owned or
occupied by the finder.
Sec. 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.
Sec. ). Ii the owner ofany stray be I'M
known, the finder shall within ten DAYS
after taking up the SAME, file notice
thereof with the town clerk of the town,
and IT the stray or strayS so taken up are
of the value OF less than five dollars, he
shall also put up notices of the taking up
OF such stray In two or more public places
in such 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 for four weeks successfully
In some newspaper printed in the coun-
ty, In which he resides, unless there
shall be one printed still nearer his place
OF residence In an adjoining county, In
which case he may publish in either
paper at his option and in case there
shall be no newspaper published within
twenty miles Of the residenc OF the finder
OF such stray or strays, be shall post up
written notices IN three of the most pub
lie places In the county in which he re-
sides. All said notices shall contain a
brief description of the stray, describing
the same by giving mark, natural and ar
tificlal, and as near as practicable, the
name and residence of the finder, and as
near as may be the time at which the
same was taken up. The said town clerk
shall transmit copy Of every such notice
to the clerk of the board of county su-
| pervlsors; and any person taking up or
| hndIng any stray or strays, who shall
neglect or refuse to post up and publish
such notices as provided in this section,
shall be liable to the owner of such stIays,
in double the amount of damage sustain
ed byreason ofsuch neglect orrefusal. And
If any person so taking up or finding such
stray or strays Shall for the space of one
year neglect or refuse to post up and
publish slch notices as required by law,
including the section, township and range
in which he lives, he shall. whatsoever
moreoyer] be liable to pay to the town
treasurer OF the town where he resides
the full value of such stray or strays, to
be sued for and recovered in the name of
the said town treasurer before any JUS
tlce of the peace in the county and such
money so recovered shall be paid over
to said town treasurer, and by him dis
trlbuted as school money, in manner now
provided for the payment of school mon
ey that come into the hands Of the town
treasurers.
Sec. 4. Every finder of stray or strays,
which when taken up are of the valve of
ten dollar ors more, shall within one month
after taking up the same procure an APP
praisal thereof by a justice of the peace
OF his town, which appraisal shall be GER
titled to by such justice and within the
time before mentioned, filed in the office
of the town clerk of such town; and he
shall pay to such justice fifty cents for
such appraisal ond certificate, and six
eSheS loi every lulle necessarily Travelled
in such service
See .. 1T the owner or person entitled
to the possession of such stray shall ap-
pear 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 incurred in relation to the same.
Sec. 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 such ap-
plication shall give notice thereof to the
other party; and if any amount shall be
found due to the finder by the said JUS
tice, over the value of the use of such
stray the same shall be lien on such
stray until paid by the owner, and the
costs Of such adjudication shall abide the
decls ion of the justice.
Sec. Z. If the owner or person entitled
to the possession OF any stray shall not
appear and make out his title thereto.
and pay the charges theron, within one
year from the time the notice is fled with
the town clerk as aforesaid, and if such