The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-24

1t would seem now to be good
time for the Legislature to dc some
thing In the way of law on sheep,
rights as to pasturage near settle
ments, etc., the law having these
distinctive features at least:
1. Protection of sheep from dogs.
2. Measure Of damage done to
sheep by dogs.
Ignorance OF vicious habits OF
dogs no defense.
4. Liability of owners where sew
eral dogs attack sheep.
5. Soundness Of sheep; infectious
diseases.
6. Protection of sheep from in
fictitious diseases.
Z. Duty of shepherd and ag'ster
Of sheep.
s. Sheep taken on shares.
g. Rights of owner and bailee of
sheep.
10. Wool; peculiar duties of VEN
dor.
IL. Pasturags near settlements.
OF DOGS,
L. Property in dogs, how different
from other animals.
2. To protect owners of dogs in
their property.
8. Police power in County court
to regulate the keeping of dogs.
4. Sheep-killing dogs.
s. The law on dog fight.
6. A person may kill dog assault
ing him.
I am induced to urge this law be-
cause of serious case, which just
happened here. A man In an adjoin-
ing town has a valuable ram, of the
Merino type, out on the public range
with his sheep herd. A nejghbOr
has q valuable herd; the dog allured
by dead sheep-a natural and dog
propensity-sees this ram and
assaults and kills him; damage, $50 &.
There is one other topic of right
full legislation, the right Of way, en-
bracing these points:
!. Easements and servitudes.
2. General characteristics of ease.
ments.
3. Easements, whether positive or
negative.
4. Rights of land owner in soil of
road.
5. Ways, appendant or apperten-
ant.
6. A right of way in gross.
7. A way of necessity.
s. A way of necessity defined.
9. A way by grant.
10. Implied grant of way when
land ia sold.
II. Use of land implied by grant of
way.
u. Repairs of road over snother's
land.
Is. A way by prescription or user.
IA. Limiting the measure of time of
user perhaps;it is not saying too much
to say there are growing complica-
lions on this last important question.
To give the owner Of valuable ram
turned out on the range to serve his
herd, if his rights, privileges and
damages should be as though it had
been In his enclosure and the dog
enters to commit the assault. The
law Of England demands notice to
the owner of the sheep killing pro-
pensities of his dog. In our coun-
try, outside of Utah, ignorance of
the vicious habits of dogs ia no de-
fense. Ali owners keep them at
their peril. There is value in
dogs, yet many times the herder to
Stay wolves scatters poisoned meat
around, and thus Stays sometimes a
valuable dog but this is the boot on
the other leg, for even In this I'M
fortunate loss of the valuable ram
the dog owner lost valuable dog by |
poisoned meat scattered by some one
prior to the coming of this herd. L
sincerely hope this first offense may
be met kindly and considerably.
1t seems to me to be necessary to |
pass law on cattle diseases to pre-
serve the purity of our meats and
the safety Of the high price of inn
ported stock. I am fully pursuaded
some legislation reaching a law on
horses is of the utmost Importance
as to buying, selling, hiring, war
anty liens thereon of farier, vetsr-
mary surgery, sc.
Referring again to the pasturage
Of sheep, it is cruel the way our far
mer's hay land and lucerne patches |
are invaded and eaten apparently
inches below the sod. Why should
the farmer and his interests be |
jeopardized for the woOl-grower? ?
Within radius of few reds from
the county road be several sheepl
desd-a clear violation of the law.
These carcases allure the dog from
his home; he tastes dead mu ton, he
rOsms to find live mutton and does
mischief. Perhaps it is pertinent to
ask, is it proper? d. G.