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into his custody and possession any ani- 

 mal which may be trespassing upon his 

 premises, provided the animal enter from 

 the highway, or through a fence belong- 

 ing to the owner of the animal, or 

 through a lawful fence belonging to any 

 other person. He must give immediate 

 notice to the owner, if known, and may 

 demand for every horse, mule, ass, ox, 

 cow, or calf, 25 cents; and for every 

 sheep, goat, goose, or swine, 10 cents; 

 together with just damages for injuries 

 occasioned by such animals, if applied 

 for within twenty-four hours after such 

 notice shall have been given. If the 

 owner is not known, the animal shall be 

 sold by the town clerk, after due public 

 notice. 



New York. — The cattle laws of New 

 York allow any person to seize and take 

 into his custody any animal which may 

 be in any public highway, and opposite 

 to land owned or occupied by him, or 

 which may be trespassing upon his prem- 

 ises. Notice must be given to a justice 

 of the peace, or a commissioner of high- 

 ways of the town in which the seizure 

 has been made, who shall post up notices 

 in six public places that the animal will 

 be sold in not less than fifteen nor more 

 than thirty days. The surplus money, 

 after payment of all charges, is subject to 

 the order of the owner for one year. The 

 owner, before sale, may pay all charges 

 and take the animal. If the animal has 

 been trespassing by the willful act of 

 another than the owner to effect that 

 object, the owner is entitled to the ani- 

 mal upon making demand, after paying 

 the compensation fixed by the justice or 

 commissioner, but no other costs; and 

 the person committing such willful act 

 will be held liable to a penalty ot $20. 



New Jersey. — In New Jersey town 

 committees, upon notice of the existence 

 of any disease supposed to be contagious, 

 are required personally to examine the 

 cause, and if the symptoms which char- 

 acterize contagious diseases are exhibited, 

 shall cause such animals to be removed 

 and kept separate and apart from other 

 cattle and stock, five hundred feet distant 

 from any highway, and the same distance 

 from any and all neighbors. If any die 

 of the disease, or are killed, they must be 

 buried immediately, five hundred feet 

 distant, etc., as above. No cattle that 



have been sick, and have recovered from 

 any supposed contagious or infectious, 

 disease, shall mix with other cattle, or be 

 removed, unless permission has been 

 given by the town committee. Any per- 

 son knowingly storing a hide, or any 

 other portion of a diseased animal, is 

 subject to a fine. The town committee 

 are authorized to prohibit the importation 

 or passage of cattle from other places 

 into or through their respective towns. 

 After notice of prohibition, owners are 

 liable to a fine of $100 for every animal, 

 driven into a township. A fine of $100 

 is imposed for every animal sold and 

 known to be diseased. The act of 1866 

 authorizes the Agricultural Society of the 

 State to take measures for preventing the. 

 introduction or increase of rinderpest, 

 and any' other disease among cattle, at 

 their discretion. In this State, animals 

 affected with glanders are authorized to 

 be killed. Cattle must not be marked 

 by chopping both ears; nor must either 

 ear be cropped more than one inch. 



Pennsylvania. — The running of cattle 

 at large is controlled in Pennsylvania 

 by towns and counties, through special 

 legislation. The sale of cattle or sheep 

 affected with pleuro-pneumonia, or any 

 other contagious disease, is punished by 

 fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment 

 not exceeding six months. Animals must 

 not be sold alive from, or slaughtered on, 

 premises where disease is known to exist, , 

 nor for a period of two months after dis- 

 ease shall have disappeared from the 

 premises. Cattle and sheep are not 

 allowed to run at large where any con- 

 tagious disease prevails. Constables of 

 townships are required to take up and 

 confine any animals so found, until all 

 costs are paid. 



Delaware. — In Delaware, by act of 

 general assembly, cattle are forbidden to 

 run at large in certain districts. Stallions 

 over eighteen months old are not per- 

 mitted to be at large. 



Maryland. — The laws of Maryland- 

 provide that any person aggrieved by 

 trespass upon his premises of any cattle, 

 hogs, or sheep in the possession or care 

 of a non-resident, may impound them, 

 and have the damages sustained by the 

 trespass valued on oath by two disinter- 

 ested citizens of his county, and the- 



