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 532 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. J""s‘“°“°“· Sec. 246. Commissioners within their respective precincts shall have jurisdiction over all offenses committed under the provisions of this chapter. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. or ESTRAYS. t Sec. “Sec. 247. Commissioners to keep record of \ 251. When description of e tray to be estrays. , publi hed in newspaper. 248. Householder may take upestray and 252. Claim of owner after appraisal. post notices thereof. 253. Sale of estray if not proven within 249. Owner to recover estray on proof and six month. payment of costs. 254. Penalty for violating above pro- 250. Statement of taking up, etc. visions. k Gcmmsgjorjegimgg Sec. 247. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of each precinct °°‘”°°°’ ° ° ‘  in the district to keep a book of suitable dimensions to be ca led the ‘ record of estrays. ‘ Eousehvleer mag Sec. 248. Any householder about whose premises any estray may ghsguhltlicgtlhihmd? be running at large may take up the same, and shall immediately post notices in three public places in the district,. one of which shall be in the precinct in which the estraiy was taken up, giving as correct a description as may be of natura and artificial marks, probable age, size, and so forth. 0w¤<>r¤ ¢<>m¤§<=<§5 Sec. 249. If, previous to the expiration often days from taking up, $ig$ie¤i°» Jesse. the owner shall prove the estray to be his, he shal be entitled to the same by paying chatlges, which shall be one dollar for taking up, posting, and so forth, an a reasonable rate for keeping the same. And if the owner shall further prove that the per on so posting an estray knew to whom such estray] belonged and yet did not notify the owner of his intention to post the estray, the person so taking and posting shall not recover fo1‘ either posting or keeping. uI§°gt*gm°¤*°“"·*“€ Sec. 250. If at the expiration of ten days no one shall have made 'his claims known to the taker-up, it shall be his duty to make a statement to the nearest commissioner of the precinct in which such estray is taken up, under oath, of the taking up of such estray, post, and soforth, according to law ;i whereupon the commissioner shall appraise the estray and immediately make record of the same in the record of gstxiays. And such commissioner shall receive for each appraisal one . 0 ar. ‘’‘`‘ wnendescgipncn of Sec. 251. If the amount of such appraisement shall exceed fifteen $$25 ,,,2,,-,.;{,'§,,,,§’$` dollars the person taking up such estray shall be further required to cause to be published, in a newspaper ublished in the precinct, or, if _ there be none, then in a newspaper oF general circulation in the district, a description of the same, giving marks as above specified, the name and residence of the finder, and, as near as may be, the time at which the estray was taken up. ‘ {Shim of I ¤w¤¢r Sec. 252. If the owner, or any person entitled to the possession of ° er “pp”`S°' an estray, shall applear and make out his title thereto and pay the charges thereon wit in six months from the- time the notice is filed with the commissioner, as provided in section two hundred and fifty, and make out his right thereto, he shall have such estray restored to him upon paying al¥lawful charges which have been incurred in rela- I A tiOS1 to th°nSEi[iiii. d h n h ll ° S¤1¢¤f °¤!>*°>’i mtEc. 253. e erson entitle to the ossession of an estra .s a Eigrliiiils. mn six not appear and malge out his title theretopwithin six monlihs froirn the time of entry thereof by the commissioner, such estray shall be sold, at the request of the ,nder, by the marshal or any deputy marshal of the district, at public auction, upon first giving public notice thereof in writing b posting up the same in three ub ic places in the pre— cinct, one ofy which sha 1 be at or adjoining tlise post-office, at least ten days before such sale, and the finder may bid therefor at such sale;