The Washburn leader., 1913-11-07
Estray Laws Has
Many Requirements
Estray~ Laws Are Amended
Much Red Tape to Publicity
Proceedings

Readers will do we'll to clip
this out and preserve, for it may
be that they will have occasion
to use it in the no-distant fut-
ure: Is.
No person shall take up an
estray animal except in the
country wherein he resides and
is a householder, nor unless
such estray is found in the vicin-
ity of his place of residence, nor
take up an estray animal men-
toned in the next section dur
ing the period when it shall be
lawful for stock to run at large
in said county, unless the same
is. found trespassing upon the
premises or within the inclosnre
Of the person taking up the same.
Section 1878, Revised Codes Of
1905 as amended by Chapter
III, Laws of 1907, is hereby
amended and re-enacted to read
as follows: .
Each person taking up an es-
tray horse, colt, mare, colt ass,
mule or meat cattle, sheep hog,
or goat, shall within ten days
thereafter, give notice Of the
finding and taking up of said
animal in the nearest weekly news
paper published in the county
where such animal is found.
Such notice shall truly describe
the animal found by giving its
color, sex, probable age and
weight, and all marks and brands
thereon. Immediately after the
first publication Of said notice
the publisher thereof shall send
by registered mail to the Com
missioner of Agricultuer and
Labor and to the county auditor
of the county in which said ami
NAL was found, a newspaper clip
ping containing the same.
Unless such animal is earlier
claimed, the notice shall be pub
ished in said paper for three
successive weeks, and Immediate
ly after the third publication a
printed copy thereof shall be
forwarded by registered mail to
the state estray paper. The reg
istry receipts for the notices
commissioner Of agriculture and
labor and to the county auditor,
as provided for herein, together
with proof of publication of
three successive weeks, shall be
filed in the office of the county
auditor Of the county where the
estray was found before it can
be appointed. Unless such re-
ceipts and proof Of publication
are filed, the publisher of said
paper shall forfeit all right to
his publication fees, and shall be
liable in civil damages for any
loss or damage caused by his
neglect, and the person taking
up said estray, unless he shall
cause the same to be filed, shall
forfit all right to reimbursement
for charges, costs and damages.
Any person taking up an estray
who fails to advertise the
The, nrOvisiOns of this section
shall be liable to the owner for
all damages caused by such neg
ligence or failure, and shall be
guilty Of misdemeanor; provid-
ed, if any person shall take up
an sestray which is apparently
worthless, such estray may at
once be appraised and if found
worthless may be destroyed. The
person taking up the same shall
notify some justice Of the peace
Of the county, and such justice
shall Immediately choose one dis
interested freeholder as one ap-
praisor; the party taking up the
estray shall choose another dis
interested freeholder, and the
two SO chosen shall appoint g
third person living in the vicin-
ity where the estray was taken
up, and the three persons SO
chosen shall constitute q board
81 sappraisesr who shall act with
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