The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1906-03-10

whenever any money is paid into the
county treasury on account of estrays
the justice paying the same shall deliver
to the county treasurer certificate
setting forth the description Of the es-
tray from the sale of which the same
was obtained and the marks and brands
of such estray, and the name OF the
person by whom such animal was de-
livered to him to be sold; and such GER
tificate shall be filed by the county treas
urer and preserved in his office.
MUST PAY ADVERTISING FEE.
The fee OF the justice, and for adver-
tising and appraisers. shall be paid by
the person taking up the estray and the
same shall constitute first lien upon
the estray and shall be paid by the
owner before he shall be entitled to
take away such estray.
If any person not authorized so to do
shall take up any estray or lost goods,
or if my person taking up such estray
or lost goods shall wilfulIy neglect to
cause the same to be advertised as pro.
vided by law. or shall fail to feed sufi-
ciently or properly care for the same,
such person shall be liable to the owner
thereof for all damages.
If any estray after being duly adver-
tised, shall, without fault of the person
taking up the same, die or be stolen or
escape and wander away, the person
taking up the same shall not be respop-
sible therefore,.
The manner of taking up. appraising,
advertising and disposing of any lost
goods or personal property which may
be found upon the highways or in any
other place shall be the same as pro-
vided for estrays.
The following fees are allowed in
cases of estrays:
To justices of the peace, for issuing
any warrant of appraisement, 50 cents.
| For filing and entering IN his docket
the sworn report of appraisers, 50
cents.
Taking and entering the affidavit OF
the taking up of any estray, 50 cents.
| For posting notices of estray and Ger.
tiiying to copy Of the sworn reports OF
the appraisers to the register OF deeds
50 cents.
Posting notices and selling estray
$500.
| Advertising an estraY, if published in
a newspaper, SO 90.
To each appraiser, rs cents.
/ To the register of deeds for entering
certified copy of sworn report of ap.
praisers, IS cents.
For each inspection of estray register
10 cents.
Il PENALTY FOR coNcEAL1NG EsTRAY.
Any person who shall attempt to con-
ceal any estray, or any lost goods found
or taken up by him, or alter or deface
or attempt to alter or deface, the mark
or brand on any horse, mule, COW, calf
or any neat cattle, or any sheep OF
swine the property of another. with the
intent thereby to steal the same or to
prevent Identification thereof by the
true owner, or carry said estray or lost
goods, or any animal, beyond the limits
OF the state, or knowingly permit the
same to be done, or shall willingly fail
to cause such estray, or lost goods SO
found, to be advertised, sold or other.
wise dealt with as provided by law
shall be deemed guilty of felony, and
upon conviction thereof, is punishable
by imprisonment in the penitentiary no,
exceeding five years, or by fine of no,
exceeding $500, or by both.
THE HERD LAW.
1t is lawful for any horses, cattle
mules, ponies, swine, goats and sheep
to run at large from the first day oi
December until the first day of April
each year, except within the corporate
limits of any city or village: provided
| that no stallion or vicious bull or any
other animal known to be vicious, shall
be allowed to run at large at any time
but nothing in the law shall be construed
to repeal any special act establishing a
fence law for any county in the state.
The county commissioners have author
ity to submit the question of the abol-
ishing of the herd law to vote of the
people Of any county at any general
election, and should the law be abol-
ished the commissioners may submit
the question of re-establishing the law
at any general election.
Stark. Billings, Dunn, Hettinger,
Bowman, Mercer, Morton, in fact, we
believe, all the counties west of the
Missouri river, are under the herd law.
The Green Grass.