200 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. 5. Each town shall annually choose a pound keeper 

 for each pound therein, who shall be sworn, and before he 

 acts give bond with sureties satisfactory to the municipal 

 officers, for the faithful discharge of his duties ; and the town 

 shall be responsible for all his illegal doings or defaults, to 

 the party injured, in an action on the case. 



Sec. 6. Each pound keeper, in a book to be iH-ovided at 

 the expense of the town, shall record at length all the certifi- 

 cates received from persons committing beasts to the pound, 

 or finding stray beasts, and a single copy of all advertise- 

 ments by him posted or published ; and shall note therein 

 when a beast was impounded, and when, and by whom taken 

 away, and all his proceedings in the impounding and sale 

 specified in section thirteen, the price for which said beast 

 was sold, the name of the purchaser, and the disposal of the 

 proceeds of sale ; and a copy of said record duly attested by 

 him or his successor shall be evidence for the purchaser of 

 his title to said beast, and of the truth of all the facts thus 

 recorded ; and for making such record, and for each copy 

 thereof, the pound keeper shall be entitled to twenty-five 

 cents ; and said book shall be delivered to his successor in 

 office, and shall be open to inspection of all persons inter- 

 ested therein. 



Sec. 7. The pound keeper shall restrain the beasts im- 

 pounded in the town pound, or such other place, after the 

 first day, as is more for their comfort, or their safety, and 

 for giving them food and drink ; which shall be furnished by 

 him at the expense of the impounder. Unless payment is 

 made in advance, or sufficient security therefor tendered, he 

 need not receive such beasts into pound. 



Sec. 8. Before the pound keeper shall receive any beast 

 into pound, the impounder shall furnish him with a certificate 

 under his hand, briefly describing the beast, the cause of im- 

 pounding, the amount of damages or forfeiture claimed, and 

 charges of impounding then accrued, of the following purport : 



"To the pound keeper of 



"The undersigned A. B. of B, herewith commits to pound 



