Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-02-19

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), 3. 30. A bill for an act to
repeal portions of the former codes
OF the State OF South Dakota known
as the revised code Of 1877 of the
territory of Dakota and as found in
the compiled laws published in 1887
ana certain amendments thereto, all
OF which become obsolete or inoper-
alive by the adoption of the political
code, the civil code, the code of civil
procedure, the justices code, the
probate code, the penal code and the
code of criminal procedure at the
present session of the state legisla-
ture, and containing such reserva-
tions, limitations and saving provi-
sions from such repeal.
The house met Tuesday.
The following petition was pre-
sented:
The undersigned citizens of South
Dakota do respectfully petition the
Legislature of the State of South
Dakota to amend the estray law, SO
that after ten QO) days have elapsed
since the fling of a description of
any estrays with the county auditor,
then the said description shall at
once be sent to the official estray
paper to be published therein, unless
the estrays shall have been claimed
by the rightful owners prior to that
time.
We also ask to have the estray law
so amended, that the clause whereby
all estrays appraised under $3.50
fifty dollars shall belong to the per-
son taking up the same unless
claimed within one year, be stricken
out OF SAID law.
We also ask to have the estray
law further amended so that no
appraisement of estrays shall take
place until eleven (1l) months after
they had been taken up.
And we respectfully submit our
reasons for asking these changes in
the estray law to the Legislature.
We are in favor of an early publ
cation in the official estray paper, for
the reason that as the law now stands
there can be no notice to the owner
of the estray animals, in case he
resides outside of the county in
which they were taken up, until
days have elapsed. In the mean
time heavy expenses are piled up
against the owner.
We believe the provision whereby
all estrays appraised under fifty (50)
dollars if unclaimed, shall belong to
the person taking them up, to be a
standing temptation to defraud.
There are we'll authenticated cases
where two or more and even FIVE
animals have been appraised under
go fifty dollars. We think it much
better that the surplus money, after
caring for the estray goto the county
treasury, rather than the law give it
to any person as a gratutity.
We ask to have appraisement of
estrays delayed until eleven Ql)
months after the date of their taking
up, for the Ieason that if more time
were given, in many cases an
appraisement would not be neces-
sary, as the owner would have found
his stock and claimed them. And
because we believe it a useless work
and a useless expense, for many
appraisers come to their duties more
in the role of friendly neighbors
than in the spirit of wor and
impartial judges, so much SO that if
the care taker of an estray fails to
give marks and brands, it some times
follows that the appraisers also fail
to give them. Signed.
VIM. Rhoads, and % others.
Which was referred to committee
on live stock.
Then followed the report of the
various committees.
Mr.. Gerhart moved that the CON-
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