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aud place and cause of sale, with a brief description of the 

 beast, and for posting such notices and making such sale, he 

 shall have the same fees as constables for similar services. 



Sec 14. If the pound-keeper is informed, or has reason 

 to believe, that the be^st impounded has strayed from a 

 drove, or does not belong to an inhabitant of the town, he 

 shall adjourn tlie sale thirty days, and shall pu])lish notice 

 thereof in such papers as in his opinion may give information 

 to the owner, and he shall be allowed a reasonable sum there- 

 for : and the proceeds of such sale shall be disposed of as 

 hereinafter provided. 



Sec. 15. The pound-keeper, before making such sale, 

 shall cause the damages, if any are claimed, to be appraised 

 as in section ten within ten days after giving the notice 

 required by section twelve. 



Sec. 16. The pound-keeper shall retain his lawful charges 

 and fees, and pay to others their lawful dues, and the balance 

 to the treasurer of his county in thirty da3-s. Such treasurer 

 or his successor shall pay it over at any time within six years, 

 on the written request of any person who proves that he was 

 the owner of the property at the time of sale ; and if he 

 refuses to do so, the claimant may appeal to the county com- 

 missioners whose decision thereon shall be final. If such 

 balance is not claimed in six years, it shall belong to the 

 county. 



Sec. 17. The owner of such beast, at any stage of the 

 proceedings before sale, may redeem it on payment of all 

 lawful claims thereon up to the time of his demand to redeem. 

 Sec. 18. An action to replevy such beasts shall be brought 

 against the impounder or tinder, and not against the pound- 

 keeper, but a copy of it shall be served on both ; and in other 

 respects the process shall be regulated by chapter ninety-six. 

 If such action is brought after notice of sale and before sale, 

 the sale shall be postponed till it is decided, and no such 

 action can be sustained unless the writ is served before sale. 

 Sec. 19. Whoever, in order to prevent the impounding 

 of any beast lawfully in possession of another, and taken for 



