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320 – Duties of Fence Viewers as to Strays.

§ 320. Duties of fence viewers as to strays. The fence viewers shall view the premises where damages are claimed to have been done, and they may issue subpoenas, examine witnesses and take any competent evidence of the facts and circumstances necessary to enable them to determine the matter submitted to them, and shall determine […]

321 – Foreclosure of Lien Upon Strays by Action.

§ 321. Foreclosure of lien upon strays by action. When such lien is foreclosed by action, all questions relating to damages, charges, sufficiency of fence, and from where and how such beasts came upon the lands of the person claiming such damages and charges shall be proven upon the trial of such action, and no […]

322 – Surplus Money Upon Sale of Strays.

§ 322. Surplus money upon sale of strays. If the owner of the beasts shall not appear and demand the residue of such moneys within one year after the sale he shall be thereafter precluded from recovering any part thereof, and the same shall be paid by the officer making the sale to the supervisor […]

323 – Damages From Other Personal Property.

§ 323. Damages from other personal property. When any person shall be authorized to distrain inanimate goods or chattels doing damage, or whenever any logs, timbers, boards or plank, in rafts or otherwise, or other personal property shall have drifted upon his lands, he shall be entitled to the same remedies and shall proceed therein […]

324 – Penalty of Conversion of Floating Lumber.

§ 324. Penalty of conversion of floating lumber. Whoever shall convert to his own use, without the consent of the owner thereof, any logs, timber, boards or plank, floating in any of the waters of this state, or lying on the banks or shores of any such waters, or on any island where the same […]

325 – Application of Article.

§ 325. Application of article. The villages and cities of this state shall be considered towns for the purpose of construing provisions of this article relating to strays; and the trustees of the village and the alderpersons, council members or members of the legislative body of the city shall be fence viewers therein for such […]

326 – Erection and Discontinuance of Pounds.

§ 326. Erection and discontinuance of pounds. Whenever the electors of any town shall determine at a biennial town election to erect one or more pounds therein, and whenever a pound shall now be erected in any town, the same shall be kept under the care and direction of a pound-master, to be appointed for […]

327 – Pound-Master’s Fees.

§ 327. Pound-master’s fees. The pound-masters shall be allowed the following fees for their services, to wit: For taking into the pound and discharging therefrom every horse, mule and head of cattle, fifteen cents; for every other beast, ten cents.