Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-19
TIE EsrRAY LAW

SCUM Cottonwood,
February IS 1894

February is lssA
Edtor Dsssrct Nci"r
The estiay law is receiving the alton
tcntion Of the present Legislative A.
sembly, but the proposed measure ia
hut n slight improvement on ihe Oh
law. Il does not make any provision
for the disposal Of worthless auimH.a
sncb as arc now pllieting LIVING rom
the stacks Of bonosi farmers oi '"''
county. For instance; there were
several horses taken up when h-u
been doing considerable damage gu.
through the winter, s1 was thn "iu Wv
nut upuu thom-uugu los thah ''''
actual uanage they uti uoi'i ~
AMI Gncra we've broken hnl laFi'
uulntlly Of hay destroyed an N"u
stormy uight they crowded lht' "
rarriagc house aud lu tuuF semi
starvrd condition biosu q paif ui shhIt''
Now ID these animals hRA leon lut UI
for sale. they could not have huth f'il'
simply because OF tuoir Wfoleh'A "'a
worthless appearance. Tue uhAN W."
had sustained the ua.1ugu hAtoheN ti,
animals % tho pauuIsuCp.h VINO POSE
lively refused to receive tDcm Uu ihe
ptounds that they would NOV l'Ni'.'
Inc cost II an attempt were mAi1 10
sell. unless the damaged parry W'1il
putup the crBf, which hc luauy t.iA.tu
h io-and th- animals Wrrd tuiut4 on
the public again. ,...
A law approved March 10, 1879,
authorizes the owner OF any lmpto''
real prupufty ~ diHttaln hil animal.
dolng damage on such property nnI
Keen them Ia some secure place anu
properly care for tue same Or lihwc'
dlately turn them over 90 tuu cpuhinbic
~ thr pfrcinct ia which the damage
was done. Il then goes ON 10 toll now
10 lnd the owner. IL Tue owner We
rot known, the poundkgeprr shall cS.
nmine bfands aud notify by Registered
letter. II damage be nor paii 10 Two
DAYS he ehnll enter suit suppose Tor
Instance the owner resides Ia wayne
county aud the mall service ~ wccAiyj
by the ti.au he gets the notice Fuit has
been Instituted aud ma additional cA.
prnse incurred. The law tells Tue
poundkoepcf how 10 cell, tut does not
provide n way by which the pound
keeper may be- made good on hH OUT
lay IL tho animal does not realize SUM
Client % cover costs VI sale, Advertising,
etc.; but II don't forget 70 sny what iH
10 be done with tho balance Of tue
proceeds of the aalo--that 10 % 80 into
The county treasury.
A case IN point came 70 my kuoWl-
edge which took place Ia one u INC
precincts OF this county. The pound
esepof had an animal brought Into tue
zen, cripple ani very lame.
He took the necessary steps or re-
quifod by law aud when the dny Of
the sale came no one came 10 buy;
20 he tried u again by advertising anu
giving a proper notice Of time anu place
OF sale. Again no one came, lie tried
a third tlme with the same result.
What was TO 10 dOuo7 he answer
came, "i5ll Kill the cufse,n and 10 lac
DID. Next uny, 10 aud behold the
owner came along. "NheTu'a my
hofst2U "Dead.p am aur,n anu NO
he DID, and go, Judgment, aud the poor
precinct Ciliucr nad 10 ulsrd " ana NJ
one came TO his relief.
Shall the public suffer the damage
done by animals which their owners
have used until they afo worn out aud
then turned them on the public, and
the p0undkOeptr have no Jurisdiction
Ia tho premises? Shall We have a law
IN lsgi that Ia no better than that oi
1897 or shall We have ono that VIII
correct the errors Of 1902, and one that
any intelligent person can inlrrprc2
Lot us have a law that Will do Justice o
both farmers aud stoukmon, that ut
least this part OF the session laws otlsJi
may have permanent existence.
DAhIIL b. JONEl.