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LAW— EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER. 



animals may be sold for the damages and 

 costs. 



Virginia. — The laws of Virginia pro- 

 vide that if any horses, cattle, hogs, 

 sheep, or goats enter into any grounds 

 inclosed by a lawful fence, the owner or 

 manager shall be liable to the owner of 

 the ground for all damages; and for 

 every succeeding trespass by such animals, 

 the owner shall be liable for double dam- 

 ages ; and, after having given at least five 

 days' notice to the owner of the animals 

 of the fact of two previous trespasses, the 

 aggrieved party shall be entitled to the 

 animals if again found trespassing on the 

 same lands. Horses diseased and un- 

 altered, are not allowed to be at large. 

 Every person shall so restrain his dis- 

 tempered cattle, or such as are under his 

 care, that they may not go at large off the 

 land to which they belong; and no per- 

 son shall drive any distempered cattle 

 into or through the State, or from one 

 part of it to another, unless it be to 

 remove them from one piece of ground to 

 another of the same owner; and when 

 any such cattle die, the owner thereof, or 

 person having them in charge, shall cause 

 them to be buried (with their hides on) 

 four feet deep. Any justice, upon proof 

 before him that any cattle are going at 

 large, or are driven in or through his 

 county or corporation, in violation of 

 law, may direct the owner to impound 

 them ; and if he fail to do so, or suffer 

 them to escape before obtaining a certifi- 

 cate that they may be removed with 

 safety, they shall, by order of the justice, 

 be killed and buried four feet deep, with 

 their hides on, but so cut that no one 

 may be tempted to dig them up. For 

 the protection of sheep special laws have 

 been passed taxing dogs in certain coun- 

 ties, and for their restraint in those coun- 

 ties. 



North Carolina.— In North Carolina, 

 if cattle are driven from one part of the 

 State to another, they must be certified to 

 be healthy, sound, and free from any 

 infectious distemper; the granting of such 

 certificate by any justice, without affi- 

 davit, is a misdemeanor in office. Stallions 

 and mules over two years old are not 

 allowed to go at large, under a penalty of 

 $10. Damages for injury done by tres- 

 passing animals are recoverable as in 

 other States, 



South Carolina. — In South Carolina 

 horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats break- 

 ing into any field having a crop of any 

 kind growing or ungathered, with a law- 

 ful fence, may be seized and kept con- 

 fined until notice is given to the owner, 

 Within twenty-four hours of the seizure, 

 who shall be bound to pay the owner of 

 such field 50 cents a head for each horse 

 or mule, and 25 cents for every head of 

 cattle, hogs, etc., before he is entitled to 

 have the animal delivered up to him. 

 For the second breaking, within one 

 month after the first, the owner is liable 

 to the person injured for all damages 

 sustained, in addition to the fine. Full 

 satisfaction lies for injuring any animal 

 found in any field where the fence is not 

 a lawful one. 



Georgia.— In the State of Georgia, if 

 any trespass or damage is committed by 

 stock on any lands not protected by law- 

 ful fences, the owner of the animal is not 

 liable to answer for trespass ; and if the 

 owner of the premises should kill or 

 injure the animal in any manner he is 

 liable in three times the damages. When 

 fences are made pursuant to law, and any 

 animal breaks in, the owner of the in- 

 closure shall not kill or injure him for the 

 first breaking, and not until after notice 

 is given to the agent or owner, if possi- 

 ble, but the owner shall be liable for 

 double the damage done by his stock. 



Florida. — In Florida there can be no 

 trespass or damage if the fence is not a 

 lawful one ; nor in such case can stakes, 

 canes, or other devices to maim or kill 

 cattle, sheep, swine, etc., be used, under 

 a penalty of $10 for each offence and 

 damages. Marks upon stock are required. 



Alabama. — Any person is allowed in 

 Alabama to take up any horse, mare, 

 jack, neat cattle, hog, or sheep found 

 running at large, if the owner is unknown. 

 If any stallion or jackass over two years 

 of age is found at large it must be taken 

 before a justice who shall cause it to be 

 advertised. The taker up is entitled to 

 $5 from the owner, and reasonable com- 

 pensation for keeping. If such stallion 

 or jackass is not claimed within three 

 months it may be gelded. 



Mississippi. — The laws of Mississippi 

 provide that every owner of cattle, horses, 

 mules, hogs, sheep, or goats shall be liable 

 for all injuries and trespasses committed 



