Arizona weekly enterprise., 1882-03-04
What Is the Legal Fence I

The Indianapolis Journal has taken pains to gather information as to the laws regarding the fencing of railroads in sister States. In Massachusetts the legal fence is four feet high. A "suffi- ciSas barrier" only is demanded, whether the equivalents be furnished by streams, ditches, live growths, or constructions m wood, stone or other material. Yer mont and Connecticut legal fence is five md half feet high, with provisions es- sentially as above. In Maine and New Hampshir the legal fence is four feet high Rhode Island, stone or wood fences must be four and half feet high hedges and ditches are elaborately de- scribed.
 New York-The town meetings pre- scribe what shall be deemed a legal fence ill each town. Assessors and Commissioners of Highways perform the duties of fence viewers. Four and a half feet is the usual height pre- scribed.
 Pennsylvania-Town and counties se- cure special legislation for fencing rail way lines, and to prevent running of the stock at large.
 New Jersey-Fences are to be four feet two inches high, of wood, brick or stone, and four and half feet if of other materials.
 Delaware-Four feet, with & ditch within two feet, is lawful fence. Wood or stone fence, or hedge, four and half feet high.
 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee-Legal fences five feet high. West Virginia. Legal fences four and half feet high.
 Sonth CarOiina-Fences must be six feet high, of wood or hedge, or ditches equivalent as barriers.
 Mlssouri-Hedge five feet, fence four and one-half feet.
 Kentucky-"All sound or strong fences five feet high, SO close that stock cippot creep through, is the definition of ths legal fence.
 Onio-"A fence, of whatever mate rial, constructed in all respects such as god husbandmen ought to keep" Statute of 1865.
 Illinois" Fences four and one-half feet high, of whatever material the fence viewers shall deem sufficient"
 Michigan" Fences four an1 one- half feet high of rails, timber, boards, stone, or other things deemed equiva- lent thereto in the judgment of fence viewers"
 Wisrousia-" Fences four and one half feet high," etc. By act of April, 1878. barhed-wire fence is defined as s legal fe e.
 liMinnesota-" Fences four and one half feet high" etc. Barb fence defined by the act of 1877.
 Iowa" Four and one-half feet high or tifty-four inches" Barbed- wire fence described as legal fence, 1876.
 Texas-" Five feet high" Barbe( wire defined as legal fence.
 Kansas" Worm fences four and one half feet; tuf four feet with ditches wire fence, posts twelve feet apart.
 Nebraska The legal fence is de scribed as "such fence as good hus bandmen generally keep"
 California-The legal fence is de scribed with great particularly. Wire post and rail, brush, picket ditch an pole and hedge wire fences, not less thal three separate strands, the first eightee inches from the ground, the others tw and one foot apart.
 Colorado, Arizona, Montana and Uta Four and one-half feet high.
 New Mexico, Idaho and Washingto -Four feet high.
 In Washington Territory barbed- vii fence must carry top rail of wood.
 Indiana-Any struct'hs in the natuI of a fence, such as good hushandme generally keep.