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writing, under his hand, slating the cause of impounding and the sum 

 that he demands from the owner for the damage done by the beasts, and 

 also for the daily charges of feeding them ; and if they are impounded 

 in any oilier place, lie shall give a like memorandum to the owner of the 

 beasts if demanded by him. 



Sect. 28. The pound keeper, when the beasts are in his custody, 

 shall not deliver them to the owner until the owner pays him his fees, 

 the sum so demanded by the distrainer for the damages and charges 

 aforesaid, the expense of advertising the beasts, if they are advertised, 

 and all other legal costs and expenses. 



Sect. 29. When beasts are impounded, the person impounding 

 them shall within twenty-four hours thereafter give notice thereof in 

 writing to the owner or person having the care of them, if known and 

 living within six miles from the place of impounding, which notice shall 

 be delivered to the party or left at his place of abode, and shall contain 

 a description of the beasts and a statement of the time, place, and cause, 

 of impounding. 



Sect. 30. If there is no person entitled to notice according to the 

 provisions of the preceding section, the person impounding the beasts 

 shall within forty-eight hours thereafter cause to be posted in some 

 public place in the city or town, and in a public place in each of any 

 two adjoining cities or towns, if within four miles from the place where 

 they were taken, a written notice containing a description of the beasts 

 and a statement of the time, place, and cause of impounding them ; and 

 in such case, if the value of the beasts exceeds thirty dollars, and if no 

 person appears to claim them within seven days after the day of 

 impounding, a like notice shall be published three weeks successively in 

 some public newspaper if there is any published within twenty miles 

 from the place of impounding, the first publication to be within fifteen 

 days after the day of impounding. 



Sect. 31. If the owner or keeper of the beasts is dissatisfied with 

 the claim of the person impounding them, he may have the amount for 

 which he is liable ascertained and determined by two disinterested and 

 discreet persons, to be appointed and sworn for that purpose by a justice 

 of the peace or by the city or town clerk ; and the sum so determined 

 by them shall be received instead of the sum demanded by the person 

 who impounded the beasts, and they shall thereupon be delivered to the 

 owner or keeper thereof. , 



Sect. 32. If the sum for which the beasts are impounded and 

 detained is not paid within fourteen days after notice of the impounding 

 has been given as before directed, or after the last publication of such 

 notice in a newspaper, the person who impounded them shall apply to a 

 justice of the peace, or to the city or town clerk, and obtain a warrant 

 to two disinterested and discreet persons, to be appointed and sworn by 

 the justice or clerk, and the persons so appointed shall ascertain and 

 determine the sum, due from the owner or keeper of the beasts for the 

 damages, costs and expenses, for which they are impounded and detained, 

 including a reasonable compensation for their own services. 



Sect. 33. If the sum so found to be due is not forthwith paid, the 

 person who impounded the beasts shall cause them to be sold by auction, 

 in the city or town where they are impounded, first advertising the sale 

 by posting up a notice thereof twenty-four hours before hand at some 

 public place in the same city or town. 



