262 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



appraised value of any stray or strays of the same species, taken up as 

 aforesaid, does not exceed seven dollars -for the whole number taken 

 up and reported at one time, and no person shall appear within four 

 months after such taking up, and prove his or her right thereto, the right 

 to such stray or strays shall vest in the taker-up; but if the valuation 

 shall exceed seven dollars, and no owner appear as aforesaid, the taker- 

 up shall apply to the justice to whom the return was made of the ap- 

 praisement, marks, brands, size, color, and supposed age of such stray 

 or strays, for a copy of such return, which copy said justice is hereby 

 required to give from his stray-book, and the taker-up shall forthwith 

 deliver the same to a constable of the township, and the constable shall 

 immediately advertise such stray or strays for sale at three public places 

 within the township, mentioning the time and place of sale, which shall 

 be at least ten days from the time of advertising, and which sale shall 

 be made at some public place in said township, if of the horse kind, 

 but if of any other kind of strays, the same shall be sold at the resi- 

 dence of the taker-up between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four 

 o'clock p. m., at which time and place the taker-up shall deliver such 

 stray or strays to the constable, and take his receipt therefor, and trans- 

 mit the same to the township treasurer. 



SEC. 6635. [Sale and ajustment, etc., of proceeds, etc.] The 

 constable shall proceed to sell the same tp the highest bidder, upon a 

 credit of nine months, for the residue of the purchase money, after pay- 

 ing the expense of taking up, posting, and keeping ; which expense 

 shall be ascertained in the manner directed in the preceding sections of 

 this chapter, and also reserving for his fees the sum of one dollar; and 

 it shall be the duty of the constable after paying the above expenses 

 and fees, to take an obligation from the purchaser for the balance due, 

 with one or more sufficient sureties resident within the township, pay- 

 able to the township treasurer, or his successor in office, and to deliver 

 the same to the said treasurer, for the use of the township in which 

 the stray or strays are taken up; and it shall be the duty of such con- 

 stable to take duplicate receipts for the same, one of which he shall file 

 with the township clerk, together with his certificate stating to whom 

 said property was sold, and the amount for which it was sold ; and it 

 shall be the duty of said clerk to charge said treasurer with the amount 

 of said obligation, designating by whom the same was given : and it 

 shall also be the duty of said clerk to file said receipt and certificate in 

 his office. 



SEC. 6636. [And how collected, etc.; and when to be paid to the 

 owner of the stray.] Each treasurer to whom an obligation is given 

 as aforesaid, is hereby authorized and empowered to sue for, recover, 

 and receive, for the purpose aforesaid, all moneys due thereon : provided, 

 that when any property is sold as aforesaid, and the owner shall claim 

 the same within two years, from and after such sale, and prove his, 

 her, or their right thereto, to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace for 

 the proper township, the justice shall issue his order to the treasurer, 

 requiring him to assign the obligation, or any judgment thereon, to such 

 claimant for his own use, or, if the money shall have been paid into 

 the treasury, on such bond, requiring said treasurer to refund the same 

 to such claimant. 



SEC. 6637. [Penalty, etc., for working, selling, abusing, etc., 

 strays.] Tf any person, taking up any stray as aforesaid, shall sell 



