The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-04-26
AN ACT
To restrain from running at large certain an
mails therein named,

To restrain from running at large certain an
mails therein named.
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted 5y the General As
se1l5ly Of the State Of Ohio, That is shall be
unlawful for any person or persons, being the
owner, or having the charge of any horses,
mules, cattle sheep, goats, swine, or geese, to
suffer the same to ron at large In any public
road or highway, or in any.street, lane or al
ley, or upon any uninclosed land in the state
of Ohio, or cause such animals to be herded,
kept, or detained for the purpose of grazing
the same on premises other than those owned
or occupied by the owner or keeper of such
animals, except as hereinafter provided; and
any person violating the provisions of this act,
shall forfeit and pay for every such violation,
as penalty therefor, not less than one dollar,
nor more than five dollars; continued viola
ton, after notice or prosecution, shall be held
TO be an additional offense for each and every
/ day of such continuance.
SEC. 2. That general permission NAV be
/ granted by the commissioners of any county
/ for any animal named in the first section Of
this act, to run at large in their respective
counties, and In counties where there is no
general permission, township trustees NAV
grant special permits, and such permission,
whether general or special, shall terminate on
the first Monday Of March in each and every
year, and such special permits shall be revok-
able, at the discretion of the township trus-
tees, upon three days notice in writing to the
owner of such animal, and such special per-
mits shall be directed to individuals, and for
particular animals described therein.
| SEC 3. That all suits to recover the penal
/ ties provided for in this act, shalt be brought
/ in the name of the State of Ohio, on complaint
/ of any person feeling aggrieyed before any
Justice of the peace, or other court having iur-
/ isdiction, where the offense is committed, and
| the party offending shall, on conviction, pay
the amount of penalties adiudged, with costs
All moneys collected as penalties, by virtue of
| this act, shall be paid into the treasury of the
/ township where the oifense was committed,
for the use of common schools therein.
| SEC. 4. That no prosecution shall be COM
menced to recover the penalties named in the
first section of this act, until at least one davis
notice shall have been given to the owner or
person having charge of such animal, as the
I case may be, and It shall be sufficient de-
: fense to such prosecution, to show that such
animal was at large without the knowledge of
such owner or keeper, and without fault of
his.
! SEC. 5. That the owner, or any person hav-
/ ing in charge any animal described in this act,
allowing the same to run at large IN violation
of this act, shall be liable for all damages done
bv said animals upon the premises of another,
without reference to the fence which may in-
close said premises; provided that nothing in
this act shall be so construed as to render any
owner, or keeper of any of the animals men
toned in the first section of this act, liable for
damages arising to any railroad.
SEC. 6. That any person finding any ami
mails mentioned in this act at large, contrary
to its provisions, may, and any constable or
marshal of any city or incorporated village, on
view or Indignation, shall take up and contine
the same forthwith, giving notice thereof to
the owner, if known, and if not known, by
posting notices describing such animals there
In, in at least three public places within the
township; and if the owner does not appear
and claim his property, and pay all charges
for taking up, advertising and keeping tbs
same, within ten days from the date of said
, notices, the said animals may be proceeded
with under the law then in force regulating
estTaYs.
SEC. 7. That the persen or officer taking NJ
any such animals, shall be entitled to chargl
aud receive from the owner of such animali
the following fees, in addition to those author
lied by the law regulating estrays, to-wit:
For taking up and advertising each anima