The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-04-06

ers thereto, with the clerk and record
er Of the county in which the said
district is being created. The county
commissioners of such county upon
receipt thereof shall set a day for
hearing protests and verifying the
signatures thereto and shall give not
less than 80 days notice Of the same
by four publications in a newspaper
Of general circulation in the proposed
district, and should it appear to such
county commissioners after such hear
ing that the signatures attached to
such petition are genuine, they shall
Immediately declare such herd dis
trict created and established; provid-
ed that such herd districts may be
abolished at any time upon proceed
ings as hereinbefore set forth for the
establishment Of such herd districts.
Provided. that in no case shall the
lands owned, operated or controlled by
any person. persons. company or cor
poration. lie partly within and partly
without such district where such parts
are contiguous. and hat in such dis
trict no person. persons, company or
corporation shall be entitled to collect
or receive damages for trespass of
livestock or any lands owned, control
led or operated by them within such
district, unless such land is enclosed
by a legal fence.
All horses, mules, cattle. sheep and
goats are hereby prohibited from rum
ming at large within herd districts es-
tablished except from the 18th Of No
vember to the 18th of March follow
ing as provided in this act.
The owners of all such stock found
outside of an enclosure within herd
districts formed as provided in this
act, shall pay into the general fund
of the county in which such district
is situated, a fine Of s1.0O per head,
which may be recovered with costs
before a court Of competent jurisdic-
ton within the county wherein such
herd district is situated, and it :-hall
be the duty Of the county attorney,
upon a verified complaint being filed
with him. to bring an action in the
name Of the county to recover such
fine.
All damages - property committed
by such stock running at large with
in established herd districts, shall be
paid by the owners of said stock, and
the person whose property is so dam
aged thereby, may have a lien on such
t~respassing animals, for the full
amount of damage and cost, and may
enforce the collection Of same by the
proper civil action brought within six
months after the damages are COM
mitted.
When such stock shall be found
upon the lands of another within es-
tablished herd districts, it shall be
lawful for the owner or person in
possession Of said lands to impound
said stock and shall be responsible
therefor, and if the owner of said
stock can be found or is known to the
person taking up said stock, it shall
be his duty to notify said owner or
owners in person or by leaving a
written notice at his usual place Of
residence with some member of his
family over the age Of IA, describing
such stock and stating the amount Of
damages claimed; and requiring him
within 48 hours after receiving said
notice to take the said property away,
after making full payment of all dam
ages and costs Of the trespassing ami
mails. Such notice may be in the fol-
lowing form:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., you are hereby
notified that on this...........day OFFS
49,, your stock, which l now have
in my possession (here describe the
animal or animals, giving marks and
brands) did trespass on my land, and
damaged the same to the amount of
S,............ You are required to pay
the above charges within AZ hours
from the delivery of this notice, or the
aforesaid stock will be sold, as pro-
vided by law. l have appointed Mr..
................ to act as arbitrator,
should you not feel satisfied with the
amount Of damages claimed in the
within notice.
Signature Of person claiming dam
ages.
Provided no claim for damages shall