TIMBER LOST OR ESTRAY 



235 



In the construction of laws of this nature it has been held 

 that provisions as to the salvage of floating logs did not 

 authorize compensation for the work bestowed on stranded 

 logs, 1 that the title of the original owner is wholly lost if 

 the logs are not claimed within the time limit named in the 

 statute, 2 and that provisions as to forfeiture do not in- 

 volve a violation of constitutional prohibition against the 

 taking of private property without compensation and due 

 process of law. 3 Provisions in such statutes for the dis- 

 posal of logs upon which the marks have become obliterated, 

 and known as prize logs, have also been maintained. 4 

 Some of the laws have provided for a pro rata division of 



(Footnote 1 concluded from preceding page) 

 Mont. Revised Codes, 1907. Sec. 8458. 



Neb. Revised Statutes, 1913, Sec. 6691-6699 (Acts of 1883, p. 285). 

 Nev. Cf. Rev. Laws, 1912, Sec. 1440. Act Mar. 3, 1866, Laws of 1866, p. 



198. 



N. H. Public Statutes, 1901, Ch. 146, p. 466, CD. 244, Sec. 2, p. 758. 

 N. J. Compiled Statutes 1709-1910, Vol. 2, p. 1789, sec. 139; Vol. 4. p. 5397 



sec. 7-11 



N. M. Annotated Statutes, 1915, sec. 3371-3377. 

 N. Y. Consolidated Laws, 1909, Birdseye, Cum. & Gil., Vol. 5, p. 6128-6129; 



Vol. 3, p. 3985, sec. 1360 of Penal Law. 

 N. C. Revised Laws 1908, Pell, Sec. 3023-3025, and 3853-3856. Suppl. 1911 



to Pell's Revisal, Vol. 3, Sec. 3689. b 



N. D. Compiled Laws , 1913, sees. 3056, 9724, 10243 and 10244. 

 Ohio Annotated Gen'l Code, 1912, Page & Adams, sec 6228-6240; sec. 12460, 



12509. 



Revised Laws, 1910. 

 Laws, 1910, Lord, Sec. 5074-87. 

 Purdon's Digest, 1905, Stewart, pp. 2342-2356. 



Okla. 

 Ore. 

 Penn. 

 R. I. 



S. C. 



S. D. 



Cr. Code of 1912, sec. 256. Cf. sec. 235 (rafting without light). 



Revised Political Code, 1903, sec. 3196, Penal Code, sec. 43ft, 760 & 



761. 



Tenn. Code of 1896, Shannon, Sees. 1823, 1824; SuppI, 1903, pp. 621-624. 

 Tex. Revised Civil Statutes, 1911, sec. 7727-7730; Penal Code, 1911, White, 



sees. 832-837. 



Utah Compiled Laws 1912, sec. 4451 and 4473. 



Vt. Public Statutes, 1906, Lord and Darling, sec. 4087-4092; 4231-36; 5702. 



Va. Code 1904, sees. 1906b and 1906c. Cf. sec. 1344-45 and 7091-7126. 

 Wash. Codes & Statutes, 1910, Remington & Ballinger, sees. 2594-2595. 

 W. Va. Code 1913, Hogg, sees. 3586-3593, -5215 and 5231. 

 Wis. Statutes 1913, sees. 1600, 1600a, 1600b, and 4449-4452. 

 Wyo. Compiled Statutes, 1910, Mullen, sees. 828, 5874, 5877-80, 5889. 



1. West Branch Lumbermen's Exchange v. Fisher, 150 Pa. St. 475, 24 Atl. 735 



Affm'g 11 Pa. Co. Ct. 32S; Etter v. Edwards, 4 Watts (Pa.) 63: West Branch 

 Lumbermen's Exchange v. McCormick, 1 Pa. Dist. 542; Craig v. Kline, 2 

 Leg. Gaz. (Pa.) 81. See Wilson v. Wcntworth, 25 N. H. 245. 



2. Scott v. Wilson, :J N. H. 321; Sec Wilson v. Wentworth, 25 N. H. 245; West 



Branch Lumbermen's Exch. v. Lutz, 2 Pa. Super. Ct. 91, 38 Wkly Notes Gas. 

 434. 



3. Henry v. Roberts, 50 Fed. 902; But see Ames v. Port Huron Log Driving Assoc., 



11 Mich. 139, 83 Am. Dec. 731. 



4. Kennebec Log Driving Co. v. Bun-ill, 18 Me. 314. 



