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

of crops and stock in Noxnbee county, It
shall and may be lawful for any person max
ing crop in any township In said county
where the citizens thereof are required to
keep their stock within safe enclosure, in
order that planters may cultivate their
crops without fences for the same, to take
up any stock that may be trespassing upon
his or their crop; and if the owner thereof
be known to said planter, he shall give the
owner notice, either personally or by post
inga written notice on the door of his'dwell-
ing house or usual place of abode.
SEC 2. Be 1t further enacted, That if any
person shall take up any stock as provided
in the first section OF this act, he shall be
liable for any damages such stock may re-
ceive by reason of any carelessness or mat
tention to the same while in his pos
session, which may be recovered by the
owner by suit in any court having Jursdlc-
ton.
SEC. 8. Be ID further enacted, That the
person taking up stock as aforesaid shall
have a right to demand and receive from the
owner fifty cents for each horse, mule, COW,
OK or bull, and twenty-five cents per head
for any other kind of stock, and fifty cents
for each day such person may feed and take
care Of such horse, mule, cow, OK or bull,
and twenty cents each per day for any other
kind of stock taken up; which charge shau
be lien on said stock and shall be paid be-
fore said stock is taken away; and II the
owner or person having charge oil SAID STOCK
shall not, within two days from receipt OF
the notice required in first section OF this
act, nav the charges and take away such
stock, the person who took up the stock may
Immediately commence a suit before
Justice of the peace to enforce his lien upon
the stock for taking up and Keeping
the same; and thereupon summons
shall be issued by the justice Tor the
owner of the stock as IN other cases.
and it shall be returnable before such
Justice at a time to be fixed by him as
early as practicable, and at such place as he
may appoint, and at the appointed time ana
place he shall hear the parties, and II 1t APP
pears that the stock was legally taken up
and held by the plaintiff, such justice shall
! render Judgment for the sale OF SAID STOCK
! as i'm case of sales of personal property
! under execution from justices of the peace,
and shall issue an order to the sheriff, con-
stable or special officer as the case may De,
commanding him to sell such stock ana
return the proceeds to such justice, alter
navment of eXpenses for keeping such stock
! and making the sale, and it shall be the
! duty of such plaintiff to deliver the stock to
the officer ordered to sell it, on demand ;
| and the Justice of the peace, on receipt OF
the proceeds of such sale, shall pay costs,
and to said plaintiff the sum due him for
keeping such stock from the time OF taking
! If m to the time of delivering it to the
officer to be sold, and the remainder OF such
proceeds shall be delivered to the owner. =,
SEC. A. Be it FURTHER enacted, That all
acts and parts Of acts in conflict with this
act, be and the same are hereby repealed,
| and that this act take effect and be in force
force from and after its passage.
Approved. February Is, 1882.