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ation has been made in such marks or brands, within his knowledge, the 

 same shall be particularly described, and said taker-up shall leave a copy 

 thereof with the clerk of his township, who shall record the same in a 

 book, to be kept for that purpose, and post up a copy thereof on the 

 door of his office, or some other conspicuous place near thereto ; and 

 said taker-up shall, within five days, advertise the same in writing, by 

 posting up a copy thereof, at three public places in said township ; and 

 if said stray or strays shall be of any other kind than hogs or sheep, 

 it shall be the duty of the taker-up, within five days from the time of 

 taking up such stray or strays, to transmit a copy of the description of 

 such stray or strays, to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the 

 county, who shall enter the same on his stray-book which books of the 

 clerks of the county and township shall be subject to public inspection 

 at all reasonable times ; and each of said clerks shall be entitled to re- 

 ceive and demand from the taker-up of such stray or strays the sum of 

 twenty-five cents for the services he may be required to perform by 

 this chapter, and if no person shall claim and prove his or her right to 

 any such stray or strays, within twenty days after such advertisment, 

 the taker-up shall go before a justice of the peace within the township, 

 and make oath when and where he found such stray or strays, and 

 that he hath neither trimmed, docked, nor altered the brands or marks 

 of such stray or strays, or suffered the same to be done ; and if any 

 such alteration has been made within his knowledge he shall state the same. 



SEC. 6629. [Appraisement.] The said justice shall issue an 

 order to two respectable freeholders or householders, to be named in 

 such order, commanding them, forthwith, to view and appraise such 

 stray or strays, and to return to him, upon oath, their appraisement, 

 with a true and accurate description of the marks, brands, size, color, 

 and supposed age of such stray or strays ; and the taker-up shall give 

 notice of such order to the persons therein named. 



SEC. 6630. [Its record by justice; his fees and clerk's; list of 

 strays made by clerk of court.] Upon return being made of the ap- 

 praisement and description as aforesaid, such justice shall record the 

 same in his stray-book, together with the names of the taker-up and 

 appraisers ; and, in all cases, the taker-up of any stray or strays as afore- 

 said, shall pay to the justice for his services under this chapter, the sum 

 of fifty cents: provided, that if two or more strays, of the same species, 

 shall be taken up by one person at the same time, they shall be included 

 in the same entry ; and, in such case, the justice and clerk aforesaid, 

 shall receive no more than for one of such species ; and the clerk shall 

 cause a list of all strays, with the description thereof, given as afore- 

 said, to be affixed at the door of the court-house, on the first day of the 

 court, next holden after such returns have been made to his office! 



SEC. 6631. [Proceedings when taker-up not a freeholder, etc.] 

 If any person or persons, other than those authorized in section si.rty 

 si. \' hundred and twenty seven, shall take up any stray or strays, it shall 

 be the duty of any justice of the peace of the township in which such 

 stray or strays may have been taken up, on complaint of any freeholder 

 of said township, to issue his warrant for the removal of such stray or 

 strays from the possession of such taker-up, and for the delivery of the 

 same into the custody of any resident of such township, having the quali- 

 fications required by section twenty-six hundred and twenty-seven*, pro- 

 vided, that if no resident of such township, legally qualified as afore- 



