The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-10
OfIicial Proceedings Of the Police
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OfIicial Proceedings Of the Police
Jury.
(C6ntinwed from Last Week.)
Be it ordained by the Police jury of
Grant parish, La, That the following is
hereby adopted as the Estray Law Of
this parish:
Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for
any ono to whose knowledge it shall como
that any horse, mare, mule, hog, sheep,
cattle, or any four footed beast that Is
the subject of property, Is running at
large on . range, without any owner Of
the same being known, and which has
been 20 running for the space of twelve
months, to have the same estrayed In
the following manner:
First = He shall post or cause to be
posted, in at least three Of the most pub
lie places in the neighborhood where the
said stock il running, notices describing
the stock as particularly as can be done,
and notice to the effect that unless the
owner Of said stock appears and claims
same within ten days from the date OF
said notice, he viii cause the same to be
estrayed.
Second-After the expiration Of ten
days from the posting of said notices the
party 90 posting shall 60 before the mag
istrate of the ward in which Il may be
found provided that II there be no mag
istrate In said ward he shall 20 before
the nearest magistrate) and said magis-
trate shall cause said stock to be apprais-
ed by two legally qualified appraisers, to
be appointed by him, and they shall re-
turn their appraisement to the magis-
trate forthwith. The magistrate shall
then cause to be inserted in the official
journal of the parish an advertisement
describing the stock ae particularly a.
can be done, and also the value as shown
by the return of the appraisers, and q
notice to the effect to the effect that un-
less an owner comes forward and proves
the ownership Of said property and pays
all legal charges, that said stock will be
sold to the highest and last bidder, for
cash. on day to be named in the adver-
tisement, not lees than twenty days from
the date Of the advertisement, and at
either the Office of the magistrate or
some public place in the neighborhood
of whore the stock is taken up, to be de-
| termined by the magistrate; and If no
owner appears before the day of sale said
stock shall be sold by the constable of
said ward according to the terms of said
advertisement; and the person estraying
the stock shall be held to prove both the
fact of said stock having run ct large
without any known owner for twelve
months last proceeding, as well as the
posting of said notices as required above.
TH1RD-The magistrate shall be allow
ed the following costs. viz: For descrip-
ton and notice, 81. Swearing appraisers,
&c each, Soc. Proving up property, each
witness as in other cases. For rendering
and entering Judgment, 81 so. The APP
praisers shall receive 81 each. The con.
stable shall receive the same fees as are
allowed by law in executing q. ia. The
printer shall receive the sum Of two dol.
lars for advertising. The keeper of the
stock, who shall be the person taking
them up, If he will accept the position
shall receive: For keeping and feeding
any animal, provided said animal is kept
up and not worked. 20 cents per day, fol
q time not to exceed 80 days; and said
keeper shall be held to the same account
ability for said stock as in the case of .
keeper appointed by sheriff or consta
bic In cases of property under seizure.
Sec. 2 It is especially provided that
stray work horses, mules and oxen, known
to be strange in the neighborhood wherl
found, may be taken up Immediately and
estrayed in accordance with the provis
ions Of section of this ordinance; pro
vided that the advertisement shall be OK
tended for nix weeks, instead of twent!
days, and that the printer may charge 8
instead Of q for said advertisement.
| Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any per
aon <,k}ov than the r,rry,nsop ~ fho lam