St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-05-17

constablcs making said sales, shall receive
for their services, after dcductlnS costs,
the one-half Of the price of adjudication,
and the other half thereof shall be Immediately
paid over into the parish treasury mat the
owner Of said hogs shall have the right Of redeem
in" the same previous to the sale thereof, after
proving property and paying the constable fifty
cents per head and the cost OF feeding sad hogs.
That the said constable shall be allowed fifteen
05) cents per head per day for feeding sad
hogs taken up under the provisions OF this ord-
nance, and for the time they are kept by nm pre-
vious to the sale That the said constables shall
present monthly reports to this Jury, showing
the number of hogs taken up by them, the costs
incurred thereby the number redeemed, the num-
Der sold by them and the receipts thereof
SEC. 3. Be it ordained, etc, That the Consa-
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 them
as is specially provided for in the foregoing Sec
ton.
SEC f. Be it ordained, etc. That it shall be
the duty of every person who finds any animal or
animals which have broken his lnclosure or fence,
to notify the owner or owners, II known, OF such
fact and said owners shall use such means as
they may think best to prevent said animal or
animals from again breaking said Enclosures or
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, VINO
shall notify the owner thereof to come forward
and pay the damage such animal or animals may
have done said damage TO be assessed by TWO
disintercsted persons to be selected by the JUS
tice and if the owner or owners OF sad 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 Id
days notice in three different places when the
owner is not known and days when the owner
lis known. And if the owner OF said animal or
animals be not known said animals shall be SOLD
n the manner above provided, without the pre-
iminary notice by the owner OF the fence or IN
closure-the proceeds to 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 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,
description of the brands OF animals whose owner
is unknown, and if not branded, description OF
the animal itself which has been sold by hlm
Sec g. Be it 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. T. Be 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
wear of our Lord 1890
| e. NJ BOAGNI, President.
| Attest: H. E. EsTORGE, Clerk.