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in fairs and markets shall be known to the toll-taker, 

 or some other who will account for the sale ; which, 

 with the price, is to be entered in the toll-book, and 

 a note given to the buyer, otherwise the contract is 

 void ; and by the 4th section of this act, notwith- 

 standing the previous directions shall have been duly 

 observed, the owner's property in the horse is not 

 divested for six months after the sale, and he may 

 recover it by the order of a magistrate upon payment 

 to the purchaser of so much money as he bond fide 

 gave at the fair. Thus stolen horses may be reco- 

 vered even after a sale in market overt, and that by 

 a summary process before a magistrate, and they so 

 far differ from other stolen goods. It is right to be 

 a little more specific in explaining the regulations 

 which the statute requires to be observed. First, 

 the horse must be exposed openly in the place used 

 for sales one whole hour, between ten in the morning 

 and sunset, and afterwards brought by both vendor 

 and vendee to the book-keeper of the fair or market : 

 secondly, toll must be paid, if any due, and if not, 

 one penny to the book-keeper, who shall enter the 

 price, color, and marks of the horse, with the names, 

 additions, and abode of the vendor and vendee : and 



