The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-17
STOCK LAW.

8 Sec. |. 1nat IL oI"ii w
for any live stock to run at large in
.ho COMMITTEES of Halifax and War
ran.
Sec. 2. Any person may take up
sny live stock running at large ill
said counties and impound the same
and such impounder may demand
twenty-five cents for each animal so
" taken up, and twenty five cents for
. each animal for every day such stock
81 is kept impounded and may retain
y the same with the right to use it un-
Il der proper care until all legal char
i ces for impounding sal d stock and
! for damages caused by the same are
] paid. said damages to be ascertained
j by two disinterested freeholders to
4 be selected by the owner and said
81 impounder, said freeholders to select
an umpire if they cannot agree and
8their decision to be final.
Sec. 5. If the owner Of said stock
he known to said impounder he shall
immediately inform such owner when
bis stock is impounded and if said
owner shall, for two days after such
notice, wilfully refuse or neglect to
4 redeem his stock, then the ilnpound-
er, after ten days written notice
posted at three or more public places
within the township where said stock
|. is impounded, and, descr ibing the
said stock and stating place. day
and hour of sale, or if the owner be
unknown, after twenty days notice in
4 same manner, and also at the court
house door, shall sell the stock at
public auction, and apply the pro-
ceeds in accordance with the pre-
ceding and succeeding sections, and
the balance he shall turn over to the
owner if known, and if the owner be
unknown, to the county commission
ers for the use of the school fund of
the district wherein said stock was
taken up and impounded, subject in
their hands for six months to the
call of the legally entitled owner.
Sec. 4. Any imI'ounder wilfully
missppropriating any money, he may
receive under this act, or In any
manner wilfully violating any Of it's
u provisions shall be guilty of misde,
meauor and fined not exceeding fifty
dollars or imprisoned not exceeding
thirty days.
Sec. 5. Any person unlawfully re-
ceiving or releasing any impounded
stock, or attempting to do so, shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined not exceed ing fifty dollars
or imprisoned not exceeding thirty
days.
Sec. 6. The word stock in this act
shall be construed to mean horses
mules, jacks, jennets, colts, cows
sheep. calves, goats and all neat cat
tie and swine.
Sec. Z. 1t shall be the duty of the
board Of Commissioners of saio
forthwith to erect good ano
lawful fence around said counties
except on the Virginia line and the
ILes Of territory of adjacent coun
ties in which the stock Or no fence
law prevails, and along all streams
which are Or may be declared lawful
fences; and to defray the expense OF
the same, they shall levy and collect
an assessment not to exceed twenty
cents on the one hundred dollars of
taxable valuation of the real estate
of the counties.
SEC. 8. Any citizen or citizens
Of the territory herein described. arc
hereby authorized and empowered
at their own expense to construct
said fence or any part o. it along
the line indicated by this act or te
erect gates On any of the highways
on SAID line of fence.
SEC. 8. If any owner of lanG
along the line of territory described
in this act, shall object to the build
Ing of any fence herein allowed. his
land not exceeding twenty feet in
width for the fencing herein provided
Tor, shall be con iemned upon the
application of any person to any
Justice of the peace of the township
(which said land is situated, ane
said justice of the peace shall a
once proceed to summon two disin
terested freeholders, who shall to
ge'her with him lay off and condemn
such such land for fencing, after giving tt
.ne owners Of such land or lands. O
MS or their agents, two days notice
and they shall assess such damag'
as they think just.
Sec, 10. That any person wh'
snail wilfully lermit his or her liv
s1ock to run at large within sait
oouotles, shall be deemed guilty o
mlsdemeanor, and upon conviction
SHALL be fined not avooaSinU If,