§ 207. Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating lumber
§ 207. Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating lumber When a person stops masts, spars, square timber, logs, or sawed lumber and confines it in a place in this State, so as to prevent it from floating down a stream in or adjoining this State, such lumber being marked with the owner’s name […]
§ 204. Advertisement
§ 204. Advertisement The lumber shall not be forfeited unless the owner of lands or dams upon which such lumber is lodged shall advertise the same at a public place in the town where the lumber is lodged, giving in the advertisement a description of the lumber, the owner’s marks, if any, and also cause […]
§ 205. Fees
§ 205. Fees The person advertising the lumber shall be entitled to receive $0.34 for the copy of the advertisement left with the town clerk, and $0.06 a mile travel to advertise the same. Such fees shall be paid by the owner of the lumber at the time the damage is paid to the owner […]
§ 206. Adjustment of damages
§ 206. Adjustment of damages When the owner of such lumber and the owner of the lands or dams do not agree upon the damages, the selectboard of the town where the lands or dams are situated, not being interested therein, shall adjust the same. If such selectboard members are interested, a superior judge not […]
§ 201. Boom for logs
§ 201. Boom for logs When it becomes necessary for a person rightfully engaged in running logs down a river or stream in this State to anchor a boom for such logs on land bounding upon such river or stream, and he or she is unable to agree with the owner or occupant of such […]
§ 202. Retention of lodged lumber for damages
§ 202. Retention of lodged lumber for damages When lumber, such as spars, masts, square timber, logs, or sawed lumber, put into a stream in or adjoining the State, and lodged upon lands adjoining the same, or dams crossing such streams, in this State, is not taken away by the owner on or before May […]
§ 203. Removal of lumber
§ 203. Removal of lumber When such lumber is not removed by the owner on or before November 1, annually, the owner of the lands or dams may take and convert it to his or her own use. The owner of the lumber, by paying the damages and costs, may remove the same from the […]