The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-31

constables making said sales, shall receive
for their services, after deductlng costs'
the one-half of the price ut adJu0lcatlon
and the other half thereof shall be immediately
paid over into the parish treasury. Ihat tne
owner Of snid hogs shall have the right OF reoeenl'
ing the same previous to the sale Thereon, aver
proving property and paying the constable fifty
cents nrr head and the cost of feeding said hogs.
That the said constable shall be allowed fifteen
15) cents per head per day for feeding said
hogs taken up under the provisions OF this ord'"
nance, and for the time they are kept by him pre-.
yious to the sale. That the said constables shall
present monthly reports to this Jury, showing
the number of hogs taken up ny them, the eosts
incurred thereby, the number redeemed the mum
Der sold by them and the receipts thereof.
SEC 3. Be it ordained, etc, That the Consta-
bles of the Parish Of ST. Landry, or any citizen,
are authorized to take up or cause to be taken
up all hogs found running al large within pro
hibited districts and to impound and sell thenl
as is specially provided for in the foregoing See
ton.
Sec. 4. Be it ordained, etc, That it shall be
the duty of every person who finds any animal or
animals which have broker his i%nclosure or fence,
to notify the owner or owners, if known, Of such
fact, and said owners shall use such means as
they may think best to prevent SAID amman OF
animals from again breaking said enclosures or
fences and upon said animal or animals breaking
a second time into the same Enclosures or fences
the owner or owners of said fences Or Enclosures
shall have the right to take said animal or ami
mails to the nearest Justice Of the peace, who
shall notify the owner thereof to come orward
and pay the damage such animal or animals may
have done, said damage to be assessed by two
disinterested persons to be selected ny the JUS
tice and if the owner or owners of said animal
or animals shall refuse to pay said damage, then
the Justice shall forthwith sell said animal or
animals to the highest bidder, after posting 10
days nooice in three different places when the
owner is not known and 2 days when the owner
is known. And if the owner OF said animal or
animals be not known said animals shall be- sold
in the manner above provided, without the pre-
liminary notice by thesoWner of the fence or in"
closure--the proceeds o pay costs and damages
and the balance if any remain, to be paid into
the parish treasury if the owner be not known,
and to the owner if known.
That pending the above proceedings, the person
keeping said animal or animals shall be allowed,
as part of the costs, 25 cts a day per head.
SEC. 5. Be it ordained, etc, That the Justice
of the Peace shall give to the Clerk of the Police
Jury, whose duty it shall be to record the same, a
description of the brands of animals whose owner
is unknown, and if not branded, a description OF
the animal itself which has been sold by him.
Sec. 6. Be 1t ordained, etc., That all Ordinances
of the Police Jury in conflict with the provisions
of this Ordinance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. Z. b it ordained. etc, That this Ordin-
ance take effect from and after its first publication
in the official journal.
Ordained this the 18TH day Of April, in the
year Of our Lord 1890.
E. M. BOAGNI, President.
Attest Fl. e. EsToRGE, Clerk.