The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-17
0 * o o o o o o * o % NEVADA COUNTY FARM o * O* ERS' UNION COLUMN 50 go By J. M. ThOmas.- O* o o o * * o o o O * * o O
THE NEVADA COUNTY HOG LAW

For the benefit of the people who with to prepare for the new stock law we print in full, below the act creat- ing the so-called hog law:
 Be It Enacted By The General As
 sembly of The State of Arkansas:
 Section 1. That a fence made of posts firmly set in the ground not more than sixteen feet apart (ex- cept over or across water courses where a post set firmly in the ground on either bank, with no posts between said banks of said water courses), with four strands of barbed wire to be securely fastened thereto, the first or bottom wire to be eighteen inches above the ground, the second wire to be twenty-eight inches above the ground, the third wire to be forty inch es above the ground, the fourth or top wire to be fifty-four inches above the ground, shall be lawful fence in Nevada County, Arkansas.
 Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any owner or owners ~of hogs, pigs, sheep, calves, goats or geese to per init the running at large of said stock within Nevada County, Arkansas, and if any of the above named stock shall be so running, it may be impounded by the owner or tenant of the land upon which it may be trespassing. When any of the above stock shall be impounded it shall be the duty of the persons so impounding, as soon as practical thereafter, to notify the owner of said stock, if known, of the taking up of the same, and if the owner, or his tenantor agent shall neglect or refuse to take charge of said stock and pay the expenses of i'm pounding, as hereinafter set forth, within five days after notice has been given him, or if the owner of said stock be unknown, then the person, his agent or tenant taking up said stock shall advertise the same for five days by posting notices in three public places in the township in which the stock was taken up and one at the front door of the court house in Nevada County, Arkansas, giving full description of ear marks, flesh marks and brands, and after the expiration of five days, if the owner or his agent has not redeemed said stock by pay ing all costs as hereinafter set forth, then the said impounder of said stock may proceed to sell the stock at pub lie sale on the premises for cash in hand and from the proceeds of said sale he shall be entitled to receive for feeding and care of said stock or geese ten cents per day for each hog, pig, sheep, goat or goose so impound- ed, the residue, if any, shall be paid to the owner if he be known, and if the said owner be not known, then the residue, if any, shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the public school fund.
 l D. agent of the owner of any hog, pig, calf, sheep, goat or goose, knowingly allow or permit any of the above named stock to run at large in Neva- da County, Arkansas, such owner or agent shall be deemed guilty of mis- demeanor and upon conviction there of shall be fined in any sum not ex- cveeding one dollar, and each day shall constitute a separate offense.
 Section 4. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any person residing in or owning property in the above mentioned county from building a lawful fence therein with other ma terial than such posts and barbed wire as above mentioned.
 Section 5. That the foregoing Act is hereby referred to the qualified cleo tors of Nevada County for their rati- fication or rejection at the general election in September, 1914. At such election the ballots shall have printed on them the words "For Fence Law, and Against Fence Law" Such cleo tion shall be held in the manner now provided for the election of county and township officers. If, at such election, majority of the votes shall be "For Fence Law," then the forego- ing Act shall go into effect January 1, 1915, and be in full force and ef feet thereafter.
 | Approved February 21, 1913.