The Clifton clarion., 1889-04-12
THE NEW FENCE LAW.

Belt enacted by the Legislative Assembly O! he Territory of Arizona:
 Sec 1. Every enclosure shall be deemed un-
 Ter a lawful fence when the said feEcc is con ! tructed as follows: All fences not lccs than | fifty four inches high consisting of boards firm ! iy fastened to posts well set and not more than nine feet apart, the space between the ground and the bottom board and each space between ] the boards not more than eight inchcs, shall be 1 considered lawful and sufficient fence, and all fences iifty-four inches high, consisting of four ! 6arbcd wires firmly fastened to posts well set not more than thirty feet apart, with good stays extending from tine top wirc to the ground placed every cigh; feet between the posts, each wire be- ing firmly fastened to such stays, the bottom wire being placed no; less than eighteen inches rom the ground and the other three wires about oqidistant apart from the bottom wire to the top Of the fence shall be deemed . legal and sufficient fence. When bar5ed wire is used for a fence board or pole may be used in place of the top wire when properly and securely fastened and stayed; and all fences consisting of rails, tim5ors, stone walls, brush, hedge, adobe or other material, which shall be equivalent to the board or barbod wire fence herein described shall be legal and sufficient fence
 
 to damages for stock trospassing upon culiiyat- ed or improved lands, unless such land is en- closed within lawful fence.
 Sec s. When any stock shall break into auy enclosure enclosed by lawful fence and damage the crops or property in any way, including the breaking of the fencc the said stock shall be lia- ole to tie owner of the premises for the said damasca, and may be hcii advertised, and sold for the came, the damages to be assessed hy three urinterested persons, and notice Of sale be post ed in the rubUc places in the precinct where sucn damage occurs for at least i've days prior 70 said sale.
 Sec l. The Boar,is of Supervisors of the counties Of the Territory are hereby empowered, author izcI and il is made their duty, within thirty days after the passage of this act. at spc cial meeting called for that purpose to designate districts within their respective counties within which owners or persons in possession Of lands .hall o- shall not icncc the same. They shall d,si mate such districts by numbers acd well marked boundaries according to nat tlral marks or government lines, which action shall be spread upon tae minutes and become @ part Of the records Of the Board.
 See. !. Arcr they have designated and mark cd the exterior boundarics or sai districts they >hail cause to 6c published in some newspaper published in the county copy of such proceed iugs as arc provided for in inc preceding sec tioa, once q week for four successive weeks, af- ter which last publication said fence districts or 10 fence districts as established by the Board of Supervisors under this act, shall be the law of this Territory governing the same, and in all suits, civil or penal, that may arise after such publication. shall be the law to govern tine court in which such suits may be brou sht under this act.
 Sec. 6. All acts and parts of acts in ooutlic; with the provisions Of tiis act, so far as they affect any county or part thereor designated by order Of the Board of Supervisors to come with in the provisions of this act are hereby repealed
 Sec. :. This act shall take eff ct and be in force from and after it's passage.
 Approved March 9, IsS9.
 Tcrritcry of Arizona,
 Office Of the Scc'y. Ss
 l, James A. Bayard, secretary oc the Territory of Arizona, dO hereby certify that the above and foregoirgis full, true and correct copy of an act entitled An Act to Regulate Lawful Fences and Trcspass Within the Same' the original of which is LOW file in my office.