Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-05-20
Order and Bylaw.

State of Wisconsin County of Iowa-Town of
Mineral Point.
At the annual meeting of said town of Mineral
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
Ill such annual town meeting, and between the
hours Of nine and ten o'clock of the forenoon of
that day. The chairman of the board of super
visors 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 Is hereby ordered by the qualified electors
Of the town of Mineral Point assembled at the
annual town meeting OF sand town, on the 9th
day III April ISL: and hereby made bylaw Of
said town that hereafter il shall be unlawful for
any cattle, horned animals, horses, sheep, swine,
mules, jennieS, asses to run at large, and such
animals are hereby restrained from running at
large IN any OF the highways OF said town,
under penalty not to exceed ten dollars in any
one case for the violation of this order and by
law which penalty is 10 be aseertained and fixed
as hereinafter provided. and there are hereby eS-
tabliShed IN said town three public pounds to be
located as follows:
One at Barreltown, of which Thomas B. Ire
gllguS Is appointed pound master: one at John
stephenson place, near where the old zinc fur
mace used 10 be, of which John Stephenson is
appointed pound--master; and the third at
GraySville. of which John f. Suthers is appointed
pound-maSter. II shall be tie duty of the
pound-maSter TO impound all sach animals
above described. running at large in the high
ways Of said town, contrary 10 provisions of
this order and bylaw.
Whenever any such animal Is lmpounded I'M
der the provisions OF this order and bylaw. the
pound-maSter shall within twenty-four hours
notify the owner of such animal if known, and
a resident of said town, that the same has been
impounded, and request him to take charge Of
said animal upon payment Of cost and fees for
such impoundIng. which shall in no case ex-
eeed ten dollars.
The fees of such pound-maSter are hereby es-
tablished follows: For impounding each
animal, fifty cents for the care and feed of each
animal, fifty cents per day, but for 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 animal
has been impounded to take charge of the same
and pay the cost and fees above established or
in case the owner of such animal is not known
or nonresident of said town, il shall be the
duty OF such pound-maSter Immediately to post
notices in three of the most public places in said
town, that al q certain hour named in said
notices. not less than three, and not more than
hve days thereafter the said animal will be sold at
said pound % pay for said costs and fees. For post
1 ing said notices said pound-master shall be all
f lowed one-dollar. All sums realized from the
sale of said animals over and above the costs and
ices above established shall be paid BY said
pound-maSter 10 the treasurer Of said town. and
i II the owner of such animal does not claim such
/ surplus within two weeks thereafter the same
shall by said treasurer be turned into the general
/ fund of said town
This order and bylaw law shall take effect and
be IN force at the expiration of two weeks after
/ copies OF II shall have been hy the town CLERK
/ posted up II three public places in said town
/ and his certificate Of such posting fled in his
/ Office.