Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-05-27
Order and Bylaw.
Com

State of Wisoonsin-Co County Of Iowa-Town of
Mineral Point.
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 a majority of the voters present
ct 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
vlsorS 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 by law.
1t Is hereby ordered BIZ the qualified electors
of the town of Mineral Point assembled at the
annual town meeting Of SAID town. on the 9Th
day of April 1851; and hereby made a 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 TO be ascertained 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 Is. Ire.
gtlgus Is appointed pound-maSter; one at John
StephensOns place, near where the old zinc fur
mace used to be, of which John Stephenson is
appointed pound master and the third at
Graysville of which John +. Suthers is appointed
pound master. 1t shall be the duty of the
pound-maSter 10 impound all such animals
above described, running at large in the high
ways of said town, contrary to provisions of
this order and bylaw.
Whenever any such animal is impounded un-
der the provisions of this order and by law, the
pound master shall within twenty-fuur 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 fmpounding, which shall in no case ex-
coed ten dollars
The fees of such pound master are hereby eS-
tabllshed as follows For impounding each
animal ntty cents: for the care and feed of each
animal, hfty cents per day, but for no more than
ten days in any one case.
II the owner of any animal shall neglect for
twenty-four hours after notice that such animal
has been impoQpded to take charge of the same
and Iay the cost and fees above established or
III case the owner of such animal is not known
or non resident of said town, il shall be the
duty of such pound-maSter Immediately to posi-
notices in three Of the most public places in said
town, that at q certain hour named in said
notices, not less than three, and not more than
five days thereafter the said animal viii he sold al
said pound 70 lay FOR said costs and fees For post
ing said notices said pound master shall be al
lowed one-dollar. 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 10 the treasurer of said town. and
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 by law law shall take effec. and
he In force at the expiration of two weeks after
copies of il shall have been by the town cle-k
and his certificate of such posting filed in his
office ~