The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-12

toned in TINS sse5{tivn1nay be found is hereby
authorized and empowered to take up and
contine such swine or goats so found tres
passing upon his lands.
SEC. 2. BE it FURTHER eudctcd, That it
shall be the duty of any person so taking
up and combining such swine or goats to i'm
mediately thereafter give written notice, or
verbal notice in the presence Of two other
persons, to the owner thereof, if he be
known, and if the owner of said stock after
receiving said notice shall fail to pay and
forfeit said charges as provided for in sec
ton one Of this act within two days after
said notice, the other person so taking up
and continuing said stock enumerated, shall
deliver the same to the nearest and most
convenient justice Of the peace in said
county, whereupon said justice shall i'm
mediately thereafter order the sheriff or any
constable of said county, after giving notice
of the sale thereof to proceed to sell such
stock at public sale, to the highest and best
bidder for cash. and out Of the proceeds of
said sale said justice shall pay to the person
taking up and combining such stock, the
sum of one dollar and fifty cents per head,
after deducting the costs accruing and in
cident to such sale, and the balance of the
proceeds of such sale, if any there be, shall
be paid by said justice to the owner of said
stock, if he be known, otherwise it shall be
paid into the county treasury, and go to the
common school fund
SEC. 3. Be 1t fiIrtber enacted. That if the
owner ofany swine or goats so taking upand
held if any other person, shall take away,
remove or release any Of such stock so taken
up and held, without due legal process or
the consent Of the person taking up and
combining the same, before paying the
charges thereon as above provided for in
this act, shall be guilty Of misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by fine in any sum not exceed
ing twenty-five dollars, or by Imprisonment
in the county Jail for term not exceeding
thirty days, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment, at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, That in
addition to the above provisions Of this act
the owner of any swine or goats who shall
permit the same to run at large upon the
lands Of another as aforesaid, shall be liable
to the owner or lessee of said lands for
whatever damages such stock may cause TO
be done, or do by running over such land.
Sec. 5. Be IL further enacted, That any
live stock straying from any county in this
State, where no stock law prevails, into the
said county of Kinds, shall be exempt from
the operation of this act.
Sec. g. Be 1T FURTHER enacted, That all
fences in the county of Kinds constructed
and built in substantial manner, with good
sized posts set firmly in the ground, not
more than twenty feet apart, with three
barbed wires fastened firmly and substan-
TALLY thereto, and also fastened securely to
slab or stave In each PANEL resting on
the ground, perpendicularIy, in the centerof
each PANEL so built, the first wire to be
fastened to the posts sixteen inches from
the ground; the second wire to be fastened
nfteen inches above the first, and the
third wire to be fastened eighteen inches
above the second, or a plank securely
fastened, equidistant between the first
and third wires, the same is and snail
be by this act lawful fence in said county
OF Kinds proOlded, that lawful fences may
be made and constructed as directed in sec
ton $40 OF the Revised Code Of 1880.
Sec 2. Be 1t further enacted, That this
act take effect and be in force from and
after the first day of April, 1882.
Approved, February "a, 1882
~ All ior the protection Of growing crops Claiborne
county.
SECTION 4. Re AZ enacted 5y the LeqisJd-
t9Te 81 ne State Of 1flssiSSfDpi. That it
snail pc lawful to make barb-wire fences in
claiborne county for the protection of grow
ING crops IN said county, against swine,
goats and other animals.
SEC z. re q further enacted, That this
ae q snail take effect from and Immediately