The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-09-03
Avs OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
CHAPTER Xxx.
TUE uppnIKw ANRuDRD.

THE HkkD LAW AMENDED.
AN ACT to Amend Chapter 8, Title ri, Of
the Code in relation to Domestic and 9th
er Animals:
SIC, l. Be il enacfedby the General Assembly
Of the St!Ste of Io,pa, That sections 1446, AS,
1850, l451, l452. 1883, 1457, 145s, 1859 1850,
l4s,, l462 and 1868, Of the code be and the
same are hereby repealed, and the following
enacted in lieu thereof, to-wit:
Sec. q Section 1916 Every owner of
swine, sheep, or goats, shall restrain the
same from running at large.
SEC. 8. Section l44s. When any person
10 injured in his lands, inclosed by a lawful
fence, by any kind OF domestic animal he
may recover his damages by an action
against the owner, or by distraining the an
imal doing the damage; but il they were
lawfully on the adjoining land, and escaped
therefrom by reason OF the neglect OF the
person suffering the damage to maintain his
part of the division fence, the owner OF the
animals shall not be liable for such damage,
and If the party injured elects to recover by
action against the owner Of the stock no APP
praisement need be made by the trustees as
in case OF distraint; and In counties where
by police regulation stock is restrained from
running at large, any person injured i'm his
improved or cultivated lands by any domes-
tic animal may recover his damages as pro
vided in section 6 of this act, and sections
I454, l455 and 1856 Of the code, whether the
lands wherein the injury was done was in
closed by q lawful fence or not.
SEC. L. Section 1850. Section 800 of the
code is hereby amended by striking out the
word now" in the fifth line thereof; and
the word STOCK" as used therein and In
this chapter, is hereby declared to mean cat
tie, horses, mules and asses; and, under said
section, the board Of supervisors OF each
county may-and on petition OF one-fourth
Of the legal voters thereof, as shown by the
returns OF the last general election, must
submit in the manner provided by section
80 of the code, except as herein modified,
to the electors OF the county at the next gen.
eral election, or, II they deem 1t admissible,
at a special election called for that purpose,
the folio wing questions Of police regulation,
or either of them, and no others, to-wit:
First Shall stock be restrained from run
ming at larges
Second. Shall stock be restrained from
running at large between sunset and sunrise.
Third. Shall stock be restrained from
running at large from the first day Of mann
ing the month"; in each year, until the first
day Of manning the month"; followinsy
Fourth. Shall stock be restrained from
at large between sunset and sun
rise from the first day oftnaming the month";
In each year, until the first day of (naming
the MONTH followingy
SEC. 5. Section 145l II at such election
a majority of the electors voting thereon,
shall vote In favor of either OF such regula.
lions, then the same shall take effect and
be In force 1t the end Of thirty days after
said election, and shall continue in force I'M
Ill ninety days after an election at which, on
! submis sion Of the same question, q major
ty OF the electors of the county voting
thereon shall vote against the same: Pro
sided, That where any county. prior TO the
.akipg effect Of this act, shall have voted on