The Town Law 



§ 385. Fees of fence viewers as to strays. Each fence viewer shall 

 be entitled to receive ten cents for every mile lie shall be obliged 

 to travel from his residence to the place where the beasts are kept, 

 and seventy-five cents for a certificate of the charges as ascer- 

 tained by them. 



§ 380. Foreclosure of lien upon strays. If the owner of sneli 

 beasts shall not redeem the same within three months after deliv- 

 ery of the notice to the town clerk, the person delivering the 

 notice may foreclose his lien by action, or by a sale of the beasts, 

 as herein provided. When a person claiming a lien, as herein 

 provided, shall fail to establish the same, he shall not be entitled 

 to receive anything for damages, charges, fees or costs, but shall 

 be liable to pay all fees, costs and expenses incurred by reason of 

 his keeping such beasts and the proceedings thereon. 



§ 387. Notice of sale of strays by fence viewers. After such three 

 months, a fence viewer of the town, on application of the person 

 delivering the notice, shall give at least ten days' previous notice 

 of the time and place of the sale of such beasts, by advertisement 

 posted u}) in at least five public places in the town where such 

 beasts may have been kept, one of which shall be at or near the 

 outside door of the town clerk's office. At the time and place 

 mentioned, such fence viewers shall sell such beasts to the high- 

 est bidder, unless redeemed by the owner. 



§ 388. Proceeds of sale of strays. Out of the proceeds from 

 such sale, the fence viewer shall retain and pay the sums charged 

 for such notices, fees and costs, together with the sums specified 

 in the certificate for keeping the beasts, and damages done by 

 them ; and the like charges for the sale as are allowed on sales 

 under executions issued out of justices' courts, and he shall pay 

 the residue to the owner of the beasts, if he shall appear and de- 

 mand the same. 



§ 389. Notice to owner of strays of fence viewers' meeting. 

 When the owner of such beasts is known and resides in the same 

 town where such beasts are kept, five days' notice of the time and 

 place of the meetings of the fence viewers to determine the dam- 



