LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 55 



RUNNING AT LARGE. 



SEC. 4201. [What animals shall not run at large ; penalties against 

 owner.] The owner or keeper of a stallion, jack, bull, boar, or buck, 

 shall not allow the same to go or be at large, out of his own inclosure, 

 under penalty of ten dollars for the first offense, and of twenty-five dol- 

 lars for each and every subsequent offense, to be recovered_bj civil 

 action, in the name of the state of Ohio, before a justice of [the] peace 

 of the township in which such owner or keeper, or either of them may 

 reside ; and such penalty shall be for the benefit of, and, when collected 

 paid into the common school fund of the township in which the suit 

 is brought ; but such suit shall be brought within sixty days after such 

 animal is found to be at large. 



SEC. 4202. [Certain animals not to run at large; penalty.] , No 

 person or corporation being the owner or having the charge of any 

 horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, dogs or geese shall suffer 

 the same to run at large in any public road or highway, or. in any street, 

 lane or alley, or upon any uninclosed land or cause such animals to be 

 herded, kept or detained .for the purpose of grazing the same on premises 

 other than those owned or occupied by the owner or keeper of such 

 animals, except as hereinafter provided ; and any person violating the 

 provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay for every such violation, 

 a penalty therefor, not less than one dollar, nor more than five dollars ; 

 continued violation after notice, or prosecution, shall be held to be an 

 additional offense for each and every, day of such continuance. 



SEC. 4203. [County commissioners may grant permission for 

 animals to run at large ; duties of road supervisors as to animals run- 

 ning at large.] General permission may be granted by the Commis- 

 sioners of any county for any animal named in the preceding section to 

 run at large in their respective counties ; in counties where there is no 

 general permission, township trustees may grant special permits directed 

 to individuals, and for particular animals described therein, revocable 

 at the discretion of the township trustees upon three days' notice, in 

 writing, to the owner of such animal ; and such permission whether 

 general or special shall terminate on the first Monday of March in each 

 year ; but no permit shall be granted for any swine to run at large ; and 

 in case any person shall permit any swine belonging, to him, or being 

 under his control, to run at large he shall thereby be deprived of the 

 benefit of any permit issued to him, as to any domestic animals what- 

 soever, and also of the benefits of any general permit issued by the 

 county commissioners, and be subject to all the fines and penalties 

 hereinafter provided ; and it is hereby made the duty of all road super- 

 visors upon view or information to cause all swine found running at 

 large upon roads within their respective districts to be impounded and 

 such further proceedings had as required by other sections of this 

 chapter, and if any such road supervisor shall fail or refuse, to perform 

 such duty he shall be fined not less than two. nor more than five dollars 

 for each and every offense, to be collected and applied as provided in 

 section forty-two hundred and four and the trustees of the township 

 are hereby .authorized and required to retain any unpaid costs or fines 

 from any sum that may be due and unpaid to such supervisor for services 

 rendered in his official capacity. 



SEC. 4204. [How penalties collected, and disposition thereof.] 

 All suits to recover the penalties provided for in section forty-two him- 



