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lating the running at large of cattle and 

 other stock are local in their application, 

 county boards designating what animals 

 may or may not run at large. However 

 when any animal is found at large con- 

 trary to the local law, and has been taken 

 up, the owner may reclaim it within ten 

 days, after which time the animal may be 

 sold. 



Ohio. — It is unlawful in the State of 

 Ohio for any one to sell, barter, or dis- 

 pose of, or permit to run at large, any 

 horse, cattle, sheep, or other domestic 

 animal, knowing them to be infected with 

 contagious or infectious disease, or to 

 have been recently exposed thereto, un- 

 less he first duly informs the party to 

 whom he may sell as to the facts. The 

 fine for so doing is not less than $20 nor 

 more than $200, with costs, or confine- 

 ment in the county jail not more than 

 thirty days. For allowing infected ani- 

 mals to come in contact with animals 

 belonging to another, a fine is provided 

 of not less than $50 nor more than $500, 

 with costs of prosecution, or confinement 

 in the county jail not less than ten nor 

 more than fifty days. If any horse, mule, 

 ass, or any neat cattle, hogs, sheep, or 

 goats, running at large, break into or 

 enter any inclosure other than inclosures 

 of railroads, the owner is liable for all 

 damages, and an amimal so breaking into 

 or entering an inclosure is not exempted 

 from execution issued on any judgment 

 or decree rendered by any court. For 

 allowing any such animal to run at large 

 in any public highway or upon any 

 uninclosed land, or for herding any of 

 them for the purpose of grazing on 

 premises other than those owned or 

 occupied by the owner or keeper of the 

 animals, the party offending is liable, for 

 every violation, to a fine of not less than 

 $1 nor more than $5. But a general 

 permission may be granted by the com- 

 missioners of any county for certain 

 animals to run at large, and in any coun- 

 ties where there is no such general per- 

 mission, township trustees may grant 

 special permits, such general and special 

 permits terminating on the first Monday 

 of March of each year ; and special per- 

 mits are revokable at the discretion of 

 the trustees, upon three days' notice 

 in writing to the owner of the animals. 

 Special permits must be directed to in- 



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dividuals, and for particular animals 

 described therein. The owner of tres- 

 passing animals is liable for all damages 

 upon premises of another without refer- 

 ence to the fence which may inclose the 

 premises. Any person may take up and 

 confine an animal found at large contrary 

 to law, and the owner may reclaim the 

 same within ten days. The fees are as 

 follows : For taking up and advertising 

 each horse or mule, $1; neat cattle, 75; 

 cents each; swine, 50 cents each; sheep- 

 or geese, 25 cents each; and reasonable 

 pay for keeping the same. It is unlawful 

 for the owner or keepers of any animals 

 knowingly to permit them to enter the 

 enclosure of any railroad, or, having 

 entered, to remain therein; or to lead or 

 drive any such animals within the in- 

 closure, or along or upon the track of 

 any railroad, at any other place than the 

 regular street or road crossing, farm 

 crossing, or way. 



Michigan. — In Michigan it is not law- 

 ful for any cattle, horses, sheep, or swine 

 to run at large on the highways, except 

 in those counties or parts of counties 

 where it shall be otherwise determined 

 by the board of supervisors in such 

 county. Where the law is in force, any 

 person may seize and hold in his posses- 

 sion any animal lound running at large, 

 and give notice to a justice of the peace 

 or a commissioner of highways, who is 

 required to post up notices describing 

 the animal. The animal must be sold at 

 public outcry in not less than thirty days 

 nor more than sixty days after date of 

 notice; but the owner may redeem the 

 animal by paying costs and compensa- 

 tion for keeping — redemption to be made 

 within one year. Any animal found tres- 

 passing by the willful act of another,, 

 may be taken by the owner on demand,, 

 after paying resonable compensation, but 

 the person committing the act is liable to> 

 a fine of $20. Any person taking up a. 

 beast going at large contrary to law, or 

 contrary to any by-law of a township, is 

 entitled to fifty cents per head for all 

 horses, mules, asses, and neat cattle, and 

 10 cents per head for all sheep, goats and 

 swine. When any person is injured in 

 his land by animals, he may recover dam- 

 ages in action for trespass against the 

 owner of the beasts, or by distraining the 

 beasts doing damage, unless the animal*-. 



