Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1893-07-28

actual time employed and for actual dam
age done there to crops. He shall also
be allowed actual cost of feeding and
stabling, providing he has fed and
stabbed the same.
Sec. 10. In Case of Tuo or Nore Ani-
mals.-If two are more animals are taken
up at the same time by the same person,
both and all thereof shall be numbered in
the same advertisement, and the same fees
are allowed as for the advertisement or
appraisement of one estray.
Sec. 13.--In Case the Value of Estrays
Exceeds Fifty Dollars.-If the appraised
value of any estray exceeds $50, and the
same is not called for within one year
after the advertisement thereof in the Of
ficial estray paper, the party taking up
such estray shall notify some justice of
the peace of the county, and such justice
shall appoint day and place for the sale
thereof, and cause notices of such sale to
be posted in three public places in the
county, at least % days before such day
so appointed, or shall cause such notice
of such sale to be published three times
in weekly newspaper if there is one
published in the county; and on the ap-
pointed day the person taking up the
estray shall have the same present at the
place fixed by the justice, and the justice
shall proceed to sell such estray at public
auction, for cash, and, after paying the
proper fees and charges for taking up
such estray and caring for and keeping
the same, to be fixed by such justice, and
the fees advanced for the appraisement
and advertisement of such estray, as here
in provided, and after dcducting the fees
allowed such Justice for such sale, and
the advertisement thereof, the residue of
the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to
the county treasurer, who shall receipt to
the justice therefor.
Sec ID. County Treasurer Custodian of
FundS.-All moneys 80 deposited with
the county treasurer shall by him be re-
tanned in the treasury for SIX months
thereafter, separate and apart from all
other moneys and if the owner of any
such estray so sold as aforesaid shall,
within such period, appear before the
board of county commissioners and estab.
llsh his title to such estray, such board of
county commissioners shall order the
amount so paid into the treasury to be
refunded to such owner. If no owner ap-
pear within six months after the deposit
of any such sum of money as herein pro
vided, the same shall be passed to the
school fund of the county and shall be
accounted for and expended as other
school moneys are.
Sec. Is. Record of Sold EStray.--When-
ever any sum of money is paid into the
county treasury by virtue OF section H.
the justice paying the same shall deliver
to the treasurer certificate setting forth
description of the estray from the sale
of which the same was obtained, and the
marks and brands on such estray, and the
name of the person by whom such ami
NAL was delivered TO him to be sold and
such certificate shall by the treasurer be
filed and preserved in his office, to the
end that the right of the owner of such
estray to receive such sum of money may
be readily established.
Sec. 16. Fees, How Paid and Collected.
The fees of justices of the peace, ad-
vertising and appraisers shall be paid by
the person taking up the estray; but the
same shall constitute first lien upon the
estray, and shall be paid by the owner be.
fore he she'll be entitled to take away
such estraY.
Sec. II. Penalty for Violation of This
Act.--If any person not authorized so to
do shall take up any estray or lost goods,
or if any person taking up any such
estray or lost goods shall willfully neg.
lect to cause the same to be advertised as
herein provided, or shall fail to suf1-
GENTLY feed and properly care for the
same, every such person so offending
shall be liable for actual damage to the
owner thereof, TO be recovered by action
of debt before any justice of the peace:
Sec. 1s. Liability in Case of Death of
Estray.-If any estray, after being duly
advertised as herein provided, shall. wjth-
out fault of the person taking up the
same, die or be stolen, or escape and wan
der away, the person taking up the same
shall not be responsible therefor.
Sec. 10. Other Personal Property Gou-
erned BY This Act.-The manner of tax
ing up, appraising, advertising and dis
posing of any lost goods or personal
property which may be found upon the
highways, or in any other place, shall be
the same as herein provided for estrays.
A Summary.
1t will thus be seen that the things
to do when you take up an estray are