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(a horse or cow, as the case may be, wnth a short description 

 of the beast), taken up (in the highway or inclosure of said 

 A. B. of B. as the case may be), and the said A. B. demands 



dollars and cents, for (damages or forfeiture as the 



case maybe) , and the unpaid charges for impounding the same. 



"Witness my hand, A. B. of B. (date) 18—." 



Sec. 9. The pound keeper shall not be liable to any action 

 for receiving or detaining any beast so committed, till the 

 sums claimed by such certiticate, and all other due expenses, 

 costs and fees are paid to him, except as provided in the next 

 section. 



Sec. 10. If the claimant of such beast objects to the amount 

 stated as damages, or if no claimant appears, the pound keeper 

 shall, within ten days and not afterwards, issue a w^arrant 

 under his hand to two disinterested persons of said county to 

 the following purport : 



"P., ss : To E. F. and G. H., two disinterested persons 

 of said county : Greeting : 



"You are hereby appointed to view and estimate, upon oath, 

 according to your best judgment, the damages done to A. B. 

 by the (horse or oxen as the case may be), owned or claimed 

 by (C. D. or by owner unknown), and make due return to 

 me within twenty-four hours, with your doings therein ; first 

 giving the said A. B. reasonable notice of the time when you 

 will view the place where the damages were done. 



"Given under my hand this day of , 18 — . 



"O. P., Pound keeper." 



Return of the Appraisers. 



"Pursuant to thi§ warrant, the undersigned, being first 

 sworn to the faithful performance of the trust to which we 

 w^ere appointed, and having given said A.B. reasonable notice 

 as required, do hereby certify that we have viewed and do 

 estimate said damages at dollars and cents and no 



more. 



"E. F. > . 



'T TT ( Appraisers. 



"B. (date) 18—." 



