Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1887 — The New Stock Law. [ARTICLE]

The New Stock Law.

Therehaa been a great deal ol concern lately manifested in this county, in regard to the new law in regard to the running at large of stock, aud the-idea has become widely prevalent that the law wholly prohibits the running at large of stock, in all parts of the state. This impression seems to have been mainly due to attempts of certain persons in Indianapolis to scare the Township Trustees and Road Supervisors into paying 50 cents or a dollar for copies of the law. For tlie purpose of heading oil’ these catch-penny games and also of relieving a great deal of unnecessary apprehension among the stock owners of the county we publish the law in full: An act to regulate the taking up of animals that run at large ami declaring i an emergency Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, .of the State of Indiana, that it is hereby made the duty of all road Supervisors upon-view, or information, to cause till horses, mules, cattle, sheep, goats hr swine found at large upon the roads, commons or uninelostd lands,'within their respective districts, which are not authorized to run at large by order of the board of county commissioners as by law provided; to be impounded and such other proceedings had as required by the | provisions of chapter eleven of the Revised statutes of 1881 being an act concerning running at large. If any such road supervisor shall fail to perform such duty, he shall bp fined not less than one nor more than live dollars for « 1 . each and every eftonse, and the .trustee of the township is hereby authorized, am! required, to retain any unpaid fines of costs, from any sam that may be due and unpaid to such supervisor . tor set - vises rendered in his official capacity. Section 2, Whereas an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of iliis aeh-therefore the same -ghallvfae-: Approved March 7,1881, This law does not interfere with the running at large of stock m districts where already permitted to do so, by order of County Commissioners, nor does it interfere or repeal the power of the C mrnissiouers to make or rescind such orders in tlie future, but its sole pur- j

pose seems to be the securing of a more rigid enforcement of the law in districts where the etock is not allowed to run at large. In this county, if we are correctly informed, the only townships in which tlie running at large of, most kinds of live stock is net allowed are Carpenter, Jordan and Marlon.