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up under this chapter ; and on neglect or refusal to comply with such rule, 

 the justice may take such boat, watercraft, raft, or piece of a raft, or 

 other valuable property, into his own possession, or deliver it to any 

 freeholder in the township, who shall take charge thereof; and the same 

 proceedings shall be had as in case of persons taking up stray animals 

 under this chapter. 



SEC. 6641. [How owner of drift may reclaim it.] The owner 

 of such boat, craft, raft, or piece of a raft, or other valuable property, 

 on proving his right thereto, within the time hereinafter limited, and 

 paying to the taker-up, for each flat or keel boat, scow, or lighter, and 

 for each skiff, pirogue, or other valuable property, such reward or com- 

 pensation as shall be deemed reasonable, at the discretion of the justice of 

 the peace, together with the fees allowed by this chapter, shall be en- 

 titled to demand and receive such boat, craft, raft, or piece of a raft, or 

 other valuable property, so taken up, as aforesaid. 



SEC. 6642. [When drift shall vest in taker-up, and what sold, 

 and how.] If the appraised value of such boat or craft, raft or piece 

 of a raft, or other valuable property, does not exceed five dollars, and 

 if no person shall appear within two months after the taking up thereof, 

 and prove his right thereto, the right of such boat or craft, raft, or piece 

 of a raft, or other valuable property, shall vest in the taker-up; but if 

 the value shall exceed five dollars, and the owner does not appear and prove 

 his right thereto, within two months, then the taker-up shall deliver 

 the same to any constable of the township, and take his receipt therefor ; 

 and the constable shall proceed to advertise, sell, and pay over the 

 money arising therefrom, in the same manner as is directed in the case 

 of stray animals, by the preceding sections of this chapter; and the 

 owner of such boat, craft, raft, or piece of a raft, or other valuable 

 property, sold as, aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive the amount 

 thereof, out of the township treasury, in the same manner as is pro- 

 vided in the preceding sections, in the case of stray animals : provided, 

 that if the appraised value of any boat or craft, taken upon the shores 

 of Lake Erie, shall not exceed eight dollars, and no person shall appear 

 and prove his right thereto, within the time provided by this section, 

 such boat or craft, or other property, shall be vested in the person taking 

 up the same. 



SEC. 6643. [Township treasurers to deliver moneys, books, etc., 

 to successors; proceedings as to strays when new township laid off.] 

 The several township treasurers shall pay over all moneys, in their 

 hands, belonging to the treasury, and also deliver all books, and all bonds 

 deposited in their hands, to their successors in office ; and when any 

 new township shall be set off, within the bounds of which there shall be 

 any stray of [or] drift, which, agreeably to this chapter, ought to be 

 sold, it shall be the duty of the justice to whom the return of the ap- 

 praisement of such stray or drift was made, or his successor in office, 

 to furnish a copy of such appraisement to the constable whose duty 

 it would have been to sell such stray or drift, had not such township been 

 so set off ; and the constable, furnished with such copy, shall proceed to 

 advertise and sell such stray or drift in the same manner as hereinbe- 

 fore provided ; and the proceeds of such sale, after paying the incidental 

 expenses, shall be paid into the treasury of the township so set off, for 

 the use of such township. 



SEC. 6644. [Justice's stray-book; to deliver it to successor, who 

 may give copies, etc.] It shall be the duty of each justice of the peace, 



