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<br /> <br /> <br />, 84 <br /> <br />Stock Law. <br /> <br />CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE. <br /> <br />STOCK LAW. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE prohibiting stock running at large within the corporate limits of the <br />city of Paris, <br /> <br />Be it ordained by the city council of the city of Paris: <br /> <br />SEC. t. That it shall heaeafter be unlawful for any horse, <br />mare, mule, jack, jennett, cattle, sheep, hogs, or goats to run at <br />large within the corporate liII.Jits of the city of Paris. <br />SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the policeman appointed by <br />the city council of the .city of Paris, Texas, for that purpose, to <br />take up and impound in some secure place provided for such pur- <br />pose, any and all stock mentioned in section 1 of this ordinance, <br />which may be found at large within the limits' mentioned in sec- <br />tion I of this ordinance, and so keep the same until disposed of as <br />is hereinafter provided for in this ordinance. <br />SEC. 3. The policeman in section 2 of this ordinance shall, <br />'when any stock is taken up and impounded as provided in the pre- <br />ceding section of this ordinance, advertise the same to be sold for <br />the purpose of paying the cost of. the proceedings, by posting <br />notices at three public places in said city, one of which notices <br />shall be at the court house door and one at the city pound. The <br />notices herein provided for shall contain a description of the ani- <br />mal, or animals so impounded, when taken up, and the date and <br />place where the same shall be sold, the date of such sale not to be <br />less than five days nor more than ten days from the time of post- <br />ing such notices. <br />SEC. 4. At any time before the sale of such stock, or ani- <br />mal, the owner thereof may reclaim the same by making satisfac- <br />tory proof to the policeman of such ownership and paying all cost <br />of impounding the same, and costs which have accrued up to th~ <br />time of such proof of ownership. <br />SEC. 5. On the day and at the place specified in the notice <br />hereinbefore provided for, u).lless such animals have been before <br />reclaimed by the owners thereo'f, the policeman shall sell said ani- <br />~als to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, and out of <br />