The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-02-22
L A w s
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
published By AUTHORITY. !
OF THE


An Act to protect Agriculture and to proven
swine and goats FROM running at large Il
! the County Of Madison, in the State Of Mis-
/ siss ppi, and to make wire fences lawful 4
I said County;
| SECTION l. Be it enacted BY the Legislature
/ Of State Of Miss ssippi, That from ant
after the hrst day Of April, 1881. 1t sha no
| be lawful I0r the owners Of any swine ant
! goats t. allow or permit the same 70 ran
! large % the County OF Madison in said STATE
and if any owner OF swine or goats shall allow
I or permit them to run ut large in said county
and the same snail be found upon the lands 0
any other whtti,r said lands be enclosed o.
nor, the owa Of said swine or goats shall for
ielt and pay the sum If one dollfT per head
any person taking up and combining sue
swine or goa 5 and any person il said cbua
" upon whose lands such animal or animal |,
above mentioned ia TINS aei may be found i,
hereby author zed To axe up and eonfne SAT-
swine or goats SO found trespasslng upon his
lands
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted Tia it shall
be t..6 du Of any person SO tax ng up and
contnIDg ch swine or goa 10 Immediately
ihereaiterg We wfiten notice o the owner the E.
OF il he h. known. And if sucn owner OF said
stock, alter receiving sal written noice his
faT 10 ply said charge at one dollar per head,
as provided ia section frs of this act WITHIN
Two days after sad notice, then the person 80
taking up ami confuing said stock enumel :
atei snalt deliver tue sam to the nearest an
most convenient justice of the peace Ia said
county; whereupoh sasl jus ice sh Il imme
diately thereafter order said stock to be <oia
by he Sheriff or Constable Mt public sale fo.
cash the CHEST bidder, aud our of the pra-
cteds OF sald $ pay 70 the person taking up
aud aiming $40 swine al goats The sum Of
enc far anu fifty GEMS per head at er de
Quoting the COTS ace uing aud inc ent to sticf
sale, agd The ba anc Of the proceeds of such
sale, if any there be, shall be paid BY the
justice to The owner of such stock if he bg
known; otherwise it shall be paid into tl
couhty treasury and go to the common schoo
fund.
SEC. 8. Be il further enacted. 1.-THE owner
his ne It or other nerson ginning to b. the
1wner Of anY swine or goats So taken up and
confined snail take away, remove or feleas
any OF snea stock so taken up and eonfnea
without legal process or he consent of the PER
son taking up and coufaing such stocs afov.
mentioned before paying said charges til re-
on as pfoviIed for in section first shai
be guilty of a misdemeanar, and upon e9u-
yiction thereof sh Ii be punished Nv fine il
any sum not exceeaing twenty-five dollar. af
~ Imprisonment IN the county jail not ex-
ceedng thirty lays, or b bota such iine anu
imprisonment at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 4. BE II further enacted, That, in addi.
ton to the above provisions of this act. tn
owner OF any swine or goats, vino shall per-
init the same to run at large upon the lands of
another as AFORESAID, shAti ae ltabie to The
owner or lea.ee OF said lands Tor whatever
damages such stock may cause TO be done or
10 by re1laining on such lands.
sIc. 5. Be II further eRac, ed, That any live
3 ock stFaying from any comfy in this State
where no stock law prevails into tie said
County of Madison shalt be exempt from the
operation of this act
SEC. 6 Be- il further enacted, That all fences
n said eosnty of Madison. built with good
sized posts set firmly and substantially IN
he ground not more then twenty feet anart
sIth three parbed wires fastened firmly an.
thereto, said wires to BE- also
astened firmly aud substantially to two slabs I
n stakes in each panel SET upon the ground |
Jerpendicuiarly, atan equal distaRe. The one
rom the other, and at an equal distance froul +
aGh post, the hrst wire 10 bs fastened TO the /
'osts sixteen inches from the ground the /
econd wire TO be fastened to the posts sixteen
inches above the first wire, and The third wire /
0 be fastened 10 the posts eighteen inches
.bove the seconl wire, and sh iii be deemed +
y this act a lawful fence Ia said county pro-
'ided further, that lawful fences nag be /
aads ana constructed as st forth in section T
20 of the Revised Code of 1880
SEC. Z. Belt further enacted, That this ae.
e in force and take effect from and after the
rst Of April 1882
APPRoyED, FebFgaFy e. 1892