The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-05-21
SHALL STOCK RUN AT LARGE.
A Question Which Will Be Voted Upon
in Linn County in June.

A good many people perhaps have
not given much attention to one ques-
ton which is to be voted upon in the
approaching election in Linn county.
1t is whether or not stock shall run at
large.
The law on the subject passed in 1893
il as follows:
SECTION l, On the pettiol, of one
hundred or more legal voters of any
county in the state being filed with the
| county clerk before the time Of giving
the notice of the general election in
any year, the county clerk shall cause
notice to be given that at such election
a vote will be taken for and against
stock running at large.
SECTION 2. In voting for and against
stock running at large, it shall be
printed or written on the same ballot
with candidates for county offices, and
shall read, "For running at large
Yes" Or "For running at large-No,"
! and the votes thus cast shall he can
vassed as those for any county officer.
SECTION g. If the majority of all
the votes cast shall be against stock
running at large, the county clerk
A., shall give notice by publishing in some
newspaper for three consecutive weeks
that in sixty days from the date of said
| notice 1t will be unlawful for stock to
/ run at large under penaltyof ten dollars
for the first offense and twenty dollars
for each and every subsequent offense,
to be recovered from the owner of the
stock III civil action in the name Of the
state of Oregon before justice of the
! peace in the precinct in which such
owner or keeper, or either of them,
may reside; and such penalty shall be
for the benefit of, and when collected,
shall be paid into the common school
fund of the county in which such
action is brought within sixty days
after such animal is proved to be at
large.
SECTION 4. No prosecution shall be
commenced to recover the penalties
named in Section 3 until at least one
days notice has been given to the
I owner or person having charge of such
stock, if such owner or keeper be
known; and it shall be sufficient de-
fense to such prosecution to show that
such animal or animals were at large
without the knowledge of such owner
or keeper, and without his fault; pro-
vided, that after the owner has been
once notified that his stock is running
at large, it will not be necessary to
notify such owner or keeper on the
stock being found at large second
time, if it is known and is susceptible
of proof that such owner or keeper is
aware that such stock is running at
large contrary to the provisions of this
act.
SECTION 5. Any person finding any
stock at large, contrary to the provis-
sions of this act, and any constable of
any precinct or marshal of any city of
this county where stock may be found,
on view or information, shall take up
such stock and confine the same forth
with, giving notice thereof to the
owner or keeper, if Known and if not
known, by posting notices, describing
such animals therein, in at least three
public places in the precinct; and if
the owner or keeper does not appear
and claim his property, and pay all
charges for taking up, advertising and
keeping the same, within ten days
from the date of this notice, the sale of
the animals may be proceeded with
under the law relating to estrays, pro-
vided, however, that the provisions of
this act shall not apply to any county
east of the Cascade mountains, except
ing Umatilla.
The required petition has been filed
with the clerk, and the question will
appear upon the ticket to be voted
upon.