Year: 1862

Sec. l. No person shall take up any
stray, except horses and muIes, unless
such person shall be at the time a resi-
dent OF the same town wherein such
stray shal! be found, nor unless such
stray shall be found upon the lands
owned or occupied by the finder.


Sec. .. Any person taking up a stray
shall within seven days thereafter, no.
tify the owner thereof, if to him known,
and request such owner to pay all rea-
Sonable charges, and take such stray
away.


Sec. 8. If the owner of any stray be
unknown, the finder shall, within ten
days after taking up the same, file 2
notice thereof with the town clerk of
taken up are Of the value of less than
five dollars, he shall also post up mott
ces of the taking up Of such stray, il
two OIL more public places in such town;
but if the stray or Strays SO taken mp
are OF the value Of more than five dol
lars, he shall cause such notice to be
published IN some newspaper Of the
county, for toar weeks successiyely; it
there be none, then by posting up writ
ten notices in three Of the most public
places in the county; all s;til notices
shall contain a brief description OF the
stray, describing the same by giving
marks, natural and artificial, as near a>
practicable, the name and residence Of
the finder, and as near as may be, the
time at which the same was taken up :;
the said town clerk shall transmit u
copy cf every soch notice to the clerl,
Of the board Of county supervisors.
Sec. +. Every finder of stray or
>trays, which when taken up are of the
yalue OF ten dollars or more, shall, with
in one month after taking up the same,
procure an appraisal thereof by 4 jus
tice OF the peace Of his own town,
which appraisal shall be certified to by
such iustice> and, within the time be-
fore mentioned, fled III the office OF the
town clerk Of such town; and he shall
pay to such Justice fifty cents for such
appraisal and certificate, and six cents
for every mile necessarily travelled in
SUch service.


See 5. If the owner or person cnti-
Iled to the possession OF any stray shall
appear at anv time within one year af-
ter the notice is filed with the town
clerk as aforesaid, and make ont his
RIGHT thereto, he shall have such stray
restored to hin upon paying all lawful
charges which have been incurred IL
relation to the same.


Sec. 6. II the owner and the finder
Of any stray cannot agree upon the
amount OF such charges, or for the nSe
Of such stray, either party may make
application to any Justice Of the peace
Of the town where such stray was tax.
Ell up, to settle the same, and the party
making such application shall give no


ticc thereof to the other party; ana i
any amount shall be found due to the
finder by the said Justice, over the val


ne Of the use Of such stray, the same


shall be lien on said stray until pai6


by the owner, and the costs Of such al
iulication shall abide the decision 0


the justice.


Sec. I. If the owner or person enti


tied 20 the possession OF amy stray Shal


not appear and make ol,t his title there


to, and pay the charges thereon, within


one year from the time the notice i
filed with the town clerk as aforesaid
: and if such stray shall not have beer
appraised at a greater value than teI


dollars, the finder shall have perfec


title to the same; but If the appraised
value of such stray shall have been ad
Judged 10 be more than ten dollars, a
/ provided in the fourth section of thi
chapter, such stray shall be sold at tn,
request of the finder, by any constabI,


Of the town, at puhlic auction, upol


first giving public notice thereof in wri
ting, by posting up the same in three
of the most public places in such town


at least ten days before such sale; anc


after deducting all the lawful charges
of the finder as aforesaid, and the fee.
Of the constable, which shall be the


same as upon sale on an execution