108 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Title to SEC. 7. All sales made by any constable, or other officer, 



so als under the provisions of this act, shall convey a good and valid 

 title to the purchaser, and the owner of the estray or estrays 

 so sold shall thereafter be barred from all right to recover the 

 same, except as provided in section six. (As amended, Stats. 

 1915, p. 639.) 



L^wutyof SEC. 8. The taker-up of an estray animal or animals shall 

 use reasonable care to preserve the same from injury, but if 

 an estray animal or animals die or escape from the possession 

 of the taker-up at any time while he is holding the same under 

 the provisions of this act, the taker-up shall not be held liable 

 in any manner on account of such animal or animals. (As 

 amended, Stats. 1915, p. 639.) 



cities not SEC. 9. Nothing in this act shall affect the laws or regula- 

 tions in force or which may be in force regarding estrays, the 

 poundkeeper, or other pound officer wdthin the limits of any 

 city or town where laws regarding estrays are in force. (As 

 amended, Stats. 1915, p. 639.) 



no)eaied ^ EC - 10. Nothing herein contained shall be held, deemed 

 or construed to repeal an act, entitled "An act concerning 

 lawful fences, and animals trespassing upon premises lawfully 

 enclosed," passed March 30, 1850, 1 nor to repeal an act, entitled 

 "An act concerning lawful fences in the counties of San Ber- 

 nardino, Colusa, Shasta, Tehama and Placer," approved April 

 18, 1859, 2 in so far as the provisions of said acts, and each 

 thereof, apply to or affect the counties of Trinity, Shasta, Del 

 Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc and Lassen, but as to said counties, 

 and each thereof, said acts are hereby expressly continued in 

 force, it being hereby determined that the present conditions 

 prevailing in said counties last named are such as to justify 

 and demand the continued application of said statutes to said 

 counties. 3 (As amended, Stats. 1915, p. 639.) 



An act relating to estrays, providing for taking them up and 

 giving a lien o-n them for damages, costs, and expenses 

 incurred by reason of taking them up. 



(Approved May 27, 1919; Stats. 1919, p. 1150.) 



Estray SECTION 1. Any person finding at any time any estray 



anSsmay domestic animal or animals upon his premises, or upon premises 

 be taken up. jo w hich he has the right of possession, may take up the same 

 and have a lien thereon for all expenses incurred and costs 

 in keeping and caring for said animal or animals, as herein- 

 after provided; and no person shall remove them from the 

 possession of the taker-up, or from the possession of the officer 



'See page 95 hereof. This act evidently applies to Trinity, Del Norte 

 (separated from Klamath 1857), Siskiyou and Modoc (separated from 

 Siskiyou 1874). 



2 See page 99 hereof. This act evidently applies to Shasta and Lassen 

 (separated from Shasta 1864). 



3 See Montezuma Imp. Co. vs. Summerly, 28 Cal. App. Dec. 418. 



