Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-02
Order and Bylaws.
State of Wisconsin-County of Iowa-Town
Mineral Point

State of Wisconsin-County OF downtown Of
Mineral Point
AT the annual meeting of said town of Min.
era Point held at the town hall of said town
on the 9TH day of April, 1881, pursuant to
notice thereof regularly given, the following
order and bylaw was adopted by majority
of the voters present at such annual town
meeting, ard between the hours OF nine and
ten O'Clock of the forenoon OF that day. The
! chairman of the board of supervisors of said
town having at the opening OF said annual
town meeting stated the business by it to be
transacted and which statement included the
following order and bylaw
1t i, hereby ordered by the qualified electors
of the town of Mineral Point assembled at
the annual town meeting of SAID town, on the
18th day of April, 1881 I; and hereby made a
bylaw of said town that hereafter it shall be
unlawful for any cattle, horned animals, hors-
es, sheep, swine, mules, jennies, or asses to
RIM nj large and such animals are hereby re-
strained from running at large IN any OF the
highways of said town, under penalty not to
exceed ten dollars i'll any one case tor the Vio-
lntiou of this order and bylaw which penalty
is to he asceraned and fixed as hereinafter
provided, and there are hereby established in
said town three public pounds To be located
As follows
one MT Barretown, of which Thomas B. ire
rirus is appointed pound-master ; one at John
Stephcnson's place, near where the old zinc
/
i appointed pound master; and the third at
Graysyine, of which John f. Suthers is ap.
pointed pound. master. 1t shall be the duty
of the pound master to impound all such ami
I mails above described, running at large III the
highways of said town, contrary 10 provisions
of this order and bylaw,
Whenever any such animal Is impounded
nndcr the provisions of this order and bylaw,
tbe pound.master shall within twenty.four
! hour, notify the owner of such animals II
known, and a resident of said town, that the
same has been impouuded, and request him
: 10 take charge of said animal upon payment
/ Of cost and fees for such impounding, which
1 shall in no case exceed ten dollars.
The fees OF such pound, master are hereby
/ established as follows: For impoundhs each
/ animal, fifty cents for the care and feed OF
! each animal, fifty cents Pc day; but Tor no
+ more than ten days in any one case.
If the owner OF any animal shall neglect for
! twenty four hours after notice that such AM.
! NAL has been iupounded 10 take charge of
the same, and pay the costs and fees above
+ pstoblishrd or in case the owner of such ami
. mai Is not known, or n nonresident of said
/ town. il shall DC ihe duty of such pound mas
/ tey immediately to post notices IN three of the
most public places in said town, that at GER
/ tain hour named in said notices. not less thar
I three, and not more than tive days thereafter,
+ the said animal will be sold al said pound to
nay for said costs and fees, For posting said
notices said pound master shall be allowed one
do,lac All sums realized from the sale of said
animals over. and above the costs and fees
above established shall be paid by said pound
master to the treasurer of SAID town. and If
Ii. owner Of such animal does not claim such
surplus within two weeks thereafter the same
shall by SAID treasurer be Turned into the gen
! trai fund of said Town.
TbI, order ard bylaw shall take effect and
5e IN force at the expiration Of tive weeks
after copies OF il shall have been by the town
clerk posted mp in three public places in said
/ tovu, and his certificates OF such posting fled
in his office.