Section 28 – Use of Premises of Field Driver for Keeping Impounded Animals; Conditions
Section 28. Beasts taken up by a field driver in a town which adopts this section or has adopted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may be impounded on his own premises; and for the purposes of this chapter he shall be considered a pound keeper, and such place on his premises shall be considered a […]
Section 29 – Remedies for Damage Done by Untended Animals
Section 29. If a person is injured in his land by horses, mules, asses, neat cattle, sheep, goats or swine, he may recover his damages in an action against the owner of the beasts or by distraining the beasts doing the damage and proceeding therewith as hereinafter directed.
Section 30 – Care of Distrained Animals
Section 30. Beasts so distrained shall be impounded in the pound or in some suitable place under the immediate care and inspection of the distrainor, and he shall furnish them with suitable food and water while they remain impounded.
Section 31 – Duties of Distrainor
Section 31. If the beasts are impounded in the pound, the distrainor shall leave with the pound keeper a memorandum in writing, under his hand, stating the cause of impounding and the amount which he demands from the owner for the damage done by them, and also for the daily charges of feeding them; and […]
Section 32 – Release of Distrained Animals; Conditions
Section 32. The pound keeper shall not deliver the beasts to the owner until his fees, the amount so demanded by the distrainor for the damages and charges aforesaid, the expense, if any, of advertising, and all other legal costs and expenses have been paid to him.
Section 33 – Notice of Impounding
Section 33. Whoever impounds beasts shall, within twenty-four hours thereafter, give notice in writing, containing a description of the beasts and a statement of the time, place and cause of impounding, to the owner or person having the care of them, if known and living within six miles of the place of impounding, by delivering […]
Section 34 – Publication of Notice of Impounding
Section 34. If there is no person entitled to such notice, the person impounding the beasts shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, post a like notice in a public place in the town and in a public place in each of any two adjoining towns, if within four miles from the place where the beasts were […]
Section 35 – Determination of Amount of Damages in Dispute
Section 35. If the owner or keeper of the beasts is dissatisfied with the claim of the person impounding them, he may have the amount for which he is liable determined by two disinterested persons, who shall be appointed and sworn by a justice of the peace or by the town clerk.
Section 36 – Procedure for Settlement of Claim
Section 36. If the amount for which the beasts have been impounded and detained is not paid within fourteen days after notice of the impounding has been given as before directed, or after the last publication of such notice, the person who impounded them shall apply to the justice of the peace or to the […]
Section 5 – Remedy for Repair of Deficient Fence
Section 5. If a deficient fence which has been built up or repaired by a complainant is, after due notice to each party, adjudged sufficient by the fence viewers, and the value of the part of the delinquent occupant, together with the fees of the fence viewers, has been ascertained by a certificate under their […]