Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-01-05
THE STOCK LAW.
A BILL TO PROVIDE A GENERAL
STOCK LAW AND REGULATE
THE OPERATIONS OF THE SAME.

THE OPERATIONS or THE SAME.
DO it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by tho authority of tho
same:
SECTION l. That it shall not DO lawful
for tho owner or mauager Of any horse,
mule. asa, genet, swine, sheep, goat or neat
cattle of any description, or any other per-
SOD, to permit said animals, or any Of them
or any other domestic animal, to run ut
largo beyoud the limits of his own land
occupied or controlled by him; Provided,
That several counties hereinafter excepted
shall erect good aud sufficient line fences
and necessary g,tes between them and the
counties not so excepted; and for tie pur-
pose of carrying out tho requirement of
this proviso, tho County Commissioners Of
the several counties hereinafter excepted,
be, aud they are hereby authorized und
required to arrunge for, aud have tho
necessary limo fences erected, as herein
provided, by the fifteenth day Of April,
a. D 1883 The counties so expected
hcreinunder ure Georgetown, Horny aud
Williamsburg: Provided, That where a
stream of wutcr which 10 law is sufficient
fenoo is boundary limo, no additional
fcuce shalt bo required along such line:
Ana provided further, Tint Littlo Peo
Dee River and Lumber River shall bo
deemed aud uro hereby decIured to be a
sufficient boundary feueo for Horny county
SO far us those rivers extend.
SEQ 2. That whenever any of said
stock or animals shall be found upon the
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stock shall be Liable for oil damages sus-
toincd, aud for tho expenses of the seizure
aud maintenance, the said damages and
expenses to oo recovered, When necessary,
by action in any court Of competent jurs
dicliou and tho said trcsspass ug stock
shall DO held liuLlc for the samo in prefer.
euce to all other lieus, claims, or enculus
brunces upon it.
SEC. 5. That uny frceholder or tcnaut
OF lsnd, his ageut or representative, may
seize and bold possession Of any of the
foregoing animals which may be tresspass.-
ing upon his premises aud us compensation
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for every horse, uuue, ass, geuct, bull, OK,
COW, calf or swine, tho sum of fifty cents,
aud for every sheep. goat, or other animal
not herein named, the sun of twenty cents,
together with just damages for injuries
sustained, which reclamation SHALL when
possible. be laid before the owner of the
,resspassing stock wiihir forty eight hours
after seizure.
SEC 4 That ia oasc the claim shall not
teauicabIy or legally adjustcd, and the tresss
passing animals recovered by the owner
within twelve hours after tho receipt OF
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become liable in u sum sufficient to cover
the maintenance aud care Of his stock up
to time OF its removal, but tho owner shall
he entitled 10 recover immediate possession
Of his stock on duo execution Of such bond
to recover expenses and claim damages as
my Trial Justice shall decide to be good
und sufficient.
SEC. s. When the owner of tresspassiug
stock is unknown, ssid stock may be de-
taiued Tor the spnce OF one week awaiting
tho owners action. 1t shall then bo re-
ported to and become subject to the orders of
any Trial Justice in the county where the
stock is taken up, who shall take such
action IN the premises US will effcctuAte the
purposes Of this Act, by advertising the
said stock upon tho Court House door end
ia Two other public places in the said
county, giving full description of tho
same and the causes Of seizure, together
with the damages, costs aud other allow
unccs Indicated by this Act, for the space
of ten days, und at the expiration of that
Time, should tho owner Of tho stock not
have appeared AID paid all the expenses,
danuges and costs property adjusted, as in
this Act required, then tho said Trial j u.s.
tico shall order hls Constable to mako
public sule of the same TO the highest
bidder for cash, and out of tho proceedings
Of such sale he shall pay the costs, damages,
expenses aud adjusted claims as in this
Act allowed aud tho surplus, if any there
be, shall be turncd over BY tho suid Cons
stable to the Clerk Of the Circuit Court for
the sud county, to be by him paid to tho
owDor of such stock upon proper proof of
such ownership; und should tho proper
owner of such stock or animal not appear and
obtain such surplus within ono year from
the time tho same was turned over to tho
suid Clerk Of tho Court, then tho said
Clerk shall return aud pay over tho samo
to the County Treasurer of tho said county
to bc by him disbursed as general county
funds.
SEC. G. In cases where known owners
shall, after notification, neglect for the
period of three days to adjust the legal
demands against them provided in this
ACT, according to tho plan of adjustment
in Section 4, all further proceedings shall
be taken under Section S Of this Act, as
though the owners were unknown.
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