Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
EAGLES MERE BOROUGH
ORDINANCES.
ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.

ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.
SECTION |. Be it ordained and enacted
by the Town Council OF the Borough of
Eagles Mere in the County Of Sullivan
and State OF Pennsylvania, in council as
sembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by authority OF the same that it
shall not be lawful for any horse, mare,
mule, cattle, sheep or swine to run at
large in the Borough of Eagles Mere.
Sec. 9. That it shall be the duty of
the High Constable of said Borough Of
Eagles Mere to take up and confne in
some suitable pen or enclosure any horse,
mare, mule, cattle, sheep or swine found
running at large within the limits of said
Borough. Provided, however, that in no
case shall this ordinance be SO construed
as to prohibit the driving Of said animals
through the streets when in charge Of
any person or persons.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the
High Constable after confining any horse,
mare, mule, cattle, sheep or swine, to
within II hours aftix written or printed
notice on three Of the most public places
in said Borough stating when such horse,
mare, mule, cattle sheep or swine was
taken up, and unless an owner applies to
said High Constable within five (5) days
thereafter, and tender the fees and eXpen-
ses hereinafter mentioned said animals
shall be forfeited, and said High Constable
after giving two days written or printed
notice, affixed in 8 of the most public
places in said Borough of the time and
place OF sale, shall proceed to sell the
same, and the proceeds of such sale shall
be paid to the Treasurer of the said Boro.
of Eagles Mere after deducting for use Of
High Constable 30 cents for taking up
and confining each horse. mare, mule,
cattle sheep or swine 25 cents per day for
keeping each one and 80 cents for the
selling OF each one.
SEC. 4. That when the owner of any
horse, mare. mule, cattle. sheep or swine
shall apply to the High Constable before
time of sale the same shall be immediate
ly delivered up, on the owners paying to
said High Constable the fees and eXpen-
ses before mentioned for taking up and
keeping said animals.
SEC. 5. That it shall be lawful for any
person or persons to take up any horse,
mare, mule. cattle, sheep or swine found
trespassing on said PERSONS or persons
premises, and to deliver the same to the
High Constable of said Borough, who
shall thereupon confine the same and pro-
ceed as directed in the preceding section
of this ordinance.
SEC. 6. All fines, penalties, fees, cost
and expenses imposed bv any Of the pro
visions of this ordinance may be sued for,
o1l tnl Il Il N Of Ipn
having jurisdiction. as debts Of like
amount and fines and penalties imposed
for the violation OF Borough ordinances
are now by law collectable and recover
able and. shall be paid over to the Treas
urer of said Borough ior the use OF said
Borough.
SEC. !. All ordinances or parts of or.
dinances inconsistent with or contrary to
the provisions of this ordinance are here
by repealed.
May lst 1899
Z. Y. INGHAM,.C Chief Burgess.
Attest: A. DUNHAM, Clerk of Council.
In the Court OF Common Pleas OF sullivan
County.
Clement A. Cover No.
vs. December Term, 1898
Laura j. Cover In Divorce.
To Lara J. Cover, respondent in above ease;
You are hereby notified, in pursuance ol an or
der of the Court of Common Pleas OF sullivan
County, to be and appear in said court at LaIorte
on the fourth Monday of May, next Mt =
O'Clock pm, to answer the Petition or Libel here
toforc prepared by the Libellant Clement \.
Cover, your husband and show cause, ii
any you have, why the said Clement A. Cover
should not be divorced from the bonds OF matri-
mony entered into with you, agreeably to the act
of Assembly i'll such ease made and provided
Hereof fail not. under the penalty OF having
said petition heard and decree ofdirorcc grant
cd against you III your absence.
II. W. 0SLER, sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Laporte, Pa, April ~, '99,