Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-07-14

1903. (Sec. 4) Hereafter when any stray horse, mare, gelding, lilly, colt, mule, Jack, jennet, or work OK, shall be found on the lands or premises of any citizen or his lessee for one month or more, such citizen or lessee may forthwith advertise the same by post ing notices describing the animals color and specifying the marks and brands, if any, also giving the age and flesh marks of every kind) at three public places in the county in which such citizen resides one of which no- tices shall be at the court house door for at least twenty days, and shall al- so deliver to the county recorder a copy of said notice, which shall be by him securely posted up in his office, after the expiration of which time, if no owner apply, it shall be the duty of said taker-up of said animal or animals to appear before some justice of fhe peace in said county and sstray the same.
 1S04. (Sec. ? Any citizen entitled to estray any animal or animals, as provided i'll the preceding section, shall make oath that the animal or animals which he proposes to estray was taken up on his premises, or on his lands adjoining the same; that the marks and brands thereof have not been altered or disfigured since the same was taken up; that notice has been given as the law requires, and | that no owner has been found which affidavit shall be sworn to and sub scribed by the person estraying, and attested by the justice and filed where upon the said justice shall cause to ap- pear before him, by summons, or | otherwise, two disinterested house. holders of his county, who are in no way related to the person estraying, commanding them, after being sworn, to value and appraise the same, and certify the valuation, together with a particular description of the animal or animals, including marks, brand, col or and age, under oath, which shall be attested by said justice, who shall thereupOn require of the taker-up a bond with two or more good and sui ficient sureties, in double the value of such animal or animals, payable to the justice of the peace and his suc- cessors in office, conditioned that the taker up shall comply with the pro- visions of this act, which bond, affi- davit and appraisement shall be trans mitted' by such justice to the county recorder within ten days thereafter, for which the said justice shall receive the same fees that are allowed for sim liar services by law.
 1895. (Sec 4) At any time within six months, and before the sale of any estrays, it shall be lawful for the owner of any stray animal or animals enum- erated in the first section of this act to prove his property by the affidavit of any respectable witness, which shall specify particular description of the animal claimed, including the kind marks, brands, color and age of the same, which certificate may be sworr to and subscribed before any officer authorized by law to administer oath. in the county where such animal Ol animals may have been estrayed which certificate shall be delivered tC the taker-up and by him filed in tn, office of the county recorder of sucl county. and on the delivery of sucl certificate and the payment of all cost incurred in posting such estray O estrays, to the taker-up, such owne shall be entitled to demand and re ceive such animal or animals.
 Il Il - ity of the witness named in the pre- ceding section is not known to tn officer administering the oath, tn , party claiming the estray shall pro duce satisfactory evidence of the res pectahiiity of such witness, certified t, by notary public, county recorde or judge of the county in which tn, witness resides.
 1S07 (Sec. 5.) If the owner of an, animal CT animals which have beel estrayed in accordance with the pro visions of this act be a resident cit zen of the county in which such ani nal or animals have been estrayed, an shall have had his mark and brand re corded i'll said county, and the anima so estrayed shall be in the mark an [ brand of the owner at the time it wa ; taken up, then and in that case tn taker-up shall not be entitled to rC ceive any compensation for expens : incurred in estraying the said anima
 1908 (Sec. 6) Any animal taken u
 as an estray, according to the provi, ions of the preceding sections, sha
 not be used for any purposes whatsC ever, until the party taking up sue
 animal shall have given bond as [,
 quired by section two.
 1909. (Sec. 7.) If any estray of an
 kind shall be found running at larg
 and not estrayed, and the owner of th same be unknown, it shall be the dut
 of the board of supervisors or an
 member thereof, to return the san
 with a full description thereof to tt . county recorder of their county wh
 shall advertise the same in the mal
 ner specified in this act, and if sue
 animal shall not be proven away | - by the owner within the time allowe
 by law, the member of the board
 supervisors returning same or his SUI
 cessors in office shall proceed to SC ,. such animal and report the sale ther