, 1918-08-29
TO ENFORCE STOCK ORDINANCE.
Marshal Ordered to Impound All Stock
Found Loose Within Town Lin
its On and After Sept. 9Th.

Marshal Phillips has been instructed
by the town council to see to a strict
enforcement of the ordinance govern
ing the running at large of live stock
within the town limits, on and after
September ), 1918, notice of which APP
pears elsewhere in The Sun. For the
information of the public, II especi-
ally owners of live stock within the
town, we reprint herewith sevel.- eX-
tracts from the ordinance regulating
the running at large of live stock with
in the corporate limits of the town:
mo horse, mare, gelding, jack, burro,
mule, sheep, hog, pig, goat, COW, steer.
bull or calf shall be permitted to run
at large within the corporate limits of
the Town of Saratoga at any time ur-
ing the year, II any of said animals
running at large within the Town are
hereby severally defined and declared
to be nuisances, and any person or per-
sons being the owners of uch animals,
who shall suffer the same to u at
large, or to be found at large within
the Town. and who shall refuse to pay
the fees provided for in Section > OF
this ordinance, for impounding such
animal, shall be deemed the author of
Il nuisance, IL upon conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than Five
DOlldTS HOT more tildu Ellleeu DOlidIS
for each such offense.
eff any such animal shall be found
running at large contrary to the pro-
visions of this Ordinance. it is hereby
made the duty of the Town Marshal to-
take up and confine the same in a Sc
cure pen. pound, or other place pro-
vided for that purpose, and no such
animal taken up and confined as afore-
said shall be released until h owner
or the person entitled to the possession
thereof, shall pay to the officer having
such animal in keeping. the sum of One
Dollar, as a fee for taking up or receiv-
ing such animal, together with the sum
of IS cents per day for each and every
day such animal shan be kept by the
officer aforesaid.
IF the owner or person entitled to
the possession of such animal :.
shall not, within five days from the
time it is so taken into custody, pay
h aforesaid charges and take such
animal away, Ii Town Marshal is
hereby authorized and empowered to
sell at Public Auction the said animal.
having given at least ten days previous
notice of the time and place of such
sale by publishing in two successive is
sues of the local newspaper, and II copy
of such notice shah also be served upon
the OWner OF person entitled 10 the pos
session of such animal ut least
five days before such sale, but any such
animal may be redeemed at any time
before such sale by payment of officers
fees and expenses and charges as afore-
said.
ANY person who shall hinder. OBJ
struct or delay the Town Marshal or
his assistants in taking any such ami
NAL into custody shall. upon conviction,
be fined in any sum not exceeding
Fifty Dollars, nor less than Five Dol
lars, for each such offense.
"If any person shall break open. or
in any manner, directly or indirectly
aid or assist in breaking open any pen,
pound or enclosure with the intent to
release any animal confined therein
pursuant to the provisions of this Or
dinance. such person or persons shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined u
sum of not less than Five Dollars nor
more than Fifty Dollars for such Of
Tense"
It is said that some local persons
have been inclined to doubt the author
fly of the town officials to regulate