The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1905-12-16
EsTRAY LAW.
An Act to Regulate tho Taking
Up and Disposal Of Stray
Stock. Who to Notify

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without sufficient food or shelter at any
time between the first of November and
the following March may be taken up
by any resident OF the state, who shall
Immediately deliver the same TO the con-
stable OF the precinct in which the ali
NAL or animals may be found, who shall
proceed in the following manner:
(a) II the owner is known, he shall
within five days notify such owner in
writing, describing the animal or ami
mails and where he may obtain .he
same.
tb) II the owner is unknown then he
shall at once send by registered mail to
the county recorder written notice, de-
scribing the animal or animals 80 taken
by marks, brands, age, sex, kind and coll
or, and where the animal or animals are
held, and shall search diligently on said
animals for marks and brands.
(cl II the brands of said animal or
animals are recorded, then such recorder
shall Immediately send by registered
mail 10 such recorded owner TO the post
office addl ess az stated in the brand
book copy OF such notice, and shall no.
tify the constable in the same manner
of the name and address of such owner:
and ii the name OF the owner OF the
brand cannot be found in the brand
book or record, then such recorder shall
Immediately by registered letter notify
said constable that brand is not re-
corded.
(d) If the constable receives notice
from the said county recorder that the
brands described as being un said ami
NAL or animals are recorded and the
owner of the recorded brand has been
notified, he shall wait ten days after re-
ceiving said notice before advertising
the sale thereof herein provided.
(e) If. however, said constable re-
ceives notice that the brand described
be not recorded, he shall at once adver-
tise the said animal or animals for sale
in paper published in said county, and
if no paper is published in said county,
then in paper having general circula-
tion therein, by notice describing said
animal or animals by giving their marks
and brands, and as near as may be ascer-
tanned, sex and color, and when and
where the same will be sold, which no
tice must be published once week for
four successive weeks, and the sale must
not be less than forty days from receiv-
ing said notice from the county recorder
and must be made in some public place
in the precinct where the damage was
done.
90 II the owner OF the recorded brand
does not appear and claim the animal or
animals within ten days after the con-
stable receives notice from the recorder
then said constable shall proceed to adj
vertise and sell said animal or animals
the same as if the brand on said animal
or animals was unrecorded.
(g) If any person appears before the
constable and claims said animal or an
imals before such sale, then if such per-
son appears to be the recorded owner OF
the brands of such animal OF animals,
such constable shall deliver such animal
or animals TO the owner on his paying
all costs of caring for, sending and pre-
pairing notices, and advertising the same
as hereinafter provided.
i ID If no person appear and claim
said animal or animals on or before the
day advertised for sale, then such con.
stable shall proceed to sell the same tc
the highest bidder, for cash, and give &
bill of sale to the purchaser or purchas
ers, and shall cause the same TO bt
branded with the estray brand, which
shall be f, Enclosed in a circle) on the
left side Of the neck, and the purchaser
shall thereupon become the owner o
said animal or animals.
/ ID Out of the moneys received fol
such sale he shall first pay the costs o
advertising, sending and preparing no
tices, advertising the same and selling
such animal or animals, and il any mon
eys are remaining, he shall turn th'
same over 10 the treasurer of the schoo
district where said animal or animal
was or were taken up for the benefit o
the school OF said district.
(k) For the feeding and caring 70
such animal or animals the constable
shall receive the sum of 10 cents a hea,
per day; for writing and sending notice
to the county recorder he shall receiy'
/. fifty cents; for selling said animal or an