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Farm Laws of Missouri 



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Miscellaneous Matter 

BY 

ADAM HAUSAM 

STEWARTSVILLE, MISSOURI. 



1900 

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Preface... 



In offering this book to the public it is not claimed to be a 
technical work on law to satisfy a lawyer in his varied practice, 
but a clear and concise statement of the statute laws of 
Missouri, pertaining principally to the farm-law. All the 
statute laws affecting, directly, the farm and what belongs 
to it, has been carefully gleaned from the Statutes of Missouri, 
and put in language which can be easily understood. The 
law has also been brought together in such a compact and 
convenient form that any one can readily turn to the law- 
subject desired, while in the Statutes this is not the case, as the 
language there is technical, and considered practically for the 
lawyer and for the lawyer to explain and construe, besides for 
one to become acquainted with the law of Missouri, takes 
continual practice, which the farmer does not find time to do. 
The Statutes contain about 3,000 pages and about 10,000 
sections, and the law pertaining to the farm is scattered 
through the entire Statutes, which is confusing to any one 
who is not familiar with them. Since the Statutes are so 
complicated the result is, our farming class do not trouble 
themselves to become informed even on such law as they 
positively ought to know. This book, will, if used, many 
times, save the time to consult a lawyer, and also save paying 
lawyer fees. In addition to the law, in this little volume, 
will also be found some miscellaneous matter, which will be 
helpful to those who stand in need of such information. 

ADAM HA U SAM, 

Stewartsville, Missouri, April 20, 1900. 



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CHAPTEE I. 

Note. — The numbers in parenthesis refer to Sections in the 
Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1899. 

ALIENS. 

Section 1. (4762). Aliens may hold and alienate real 
estate. — Aliens are capable of acquiring, and receiving real 
estate by purchase, by will, or inheritance, and they are 
capable of holding, selling and willing the same away, and 
shall have the same liabilities in regard to the same, as if they 
were citizens. (An alien is a foreigner who has not been 
naturalized in the United States). 

Sec. 2. (4763). Woman married to an alien may convey 
real estate. — Any woman born in the United States and 
owning real property in this state, who shall marry an alien and 
live in a foreign country, may at any time convey such real 
estate which she owns, she may give it by will or sell it. 

CHAPTER II. 

ANIMALS. 

Sec. 3. (4767). Stallions and unaltered mules running 
at large. — If any stallion or unaltered male mule over two 
years old, be found running at large the owner shall be fined, 
for the first offense three dollars, and for every subsequent 
offense he may be fined not more than ten dollars; the suit 
to recover this fine is to be brought before a justice of the 
peace, and any person may bring suit and receive half of the 
fine. 



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Sec. 4c. (4768). Such animals may be castrated. — Any 
person may take up such animals which is running at large, 
and if the same is not claimed within five days, he may castrate 
the animal in the usual manner, so as to endanger the animal's 
life as little as possible, for this castrating he shall receive 
three dollars: this is to be recovered before a justice. 

Sec 5. (4769). Animal may be killed. — If any such 
horse or mule be running at large, and can not be taken up, 
he may be killed^ if notice be first, put up at the court-house 
door and at three other public places in the county for ten 
days: the notice is to describe the color and the marks and 
brands on the animal, if there are any, and also that he will 
be killed unless he is taken away and made secure. 

Sec. 6. (4770). Bams not to run at large. — ^so rams 
are allowed to run at large in this state from the first day of 
May to the first clay of XoTember. 

Sec. 7. (4771). Bulls, rams and boars may be castrated. 
— If any bull or ram over one year old, or any boar over three 
months old, shall be found running at large off the premises 
or out of the inclosure or control of the owner or keeper, the 
same may be castrated, if three days' notice be given to the 
owner or keeper of the animal, the notice is to be Signed by 
three landowners of the township where the animal is running 
at large, when the animal is castrated it must be done in the 
usual manner, so as to endanger the life of the animal as little 
as possible. In case the owner can not be found then it is 
lawful to castrate it the same as if notice was given. 

Sec 8. (4772). Dead animal to be removed. — If the 
carcass of any dead horse, mule, ox, steer, cow, sheep, hog, 
goat or other animal be found or brought into any county 
having a population of one hundred thousand or more 



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inhabitants, the owner thereof or any one that brought the 
same into the county shall remove the same within twenty- 
four hours, during the season between the first day of October 
and the first day of April, and during the remainder of the 
year it must be removed within twelve hours. If it is not 
removed within the time named, then it is the duty of the 
constable of the township or ward where the carcass is found 
to sell such carcass to the highest bidder, on condition of 
immediate removal, at the*expense of the owner of the carcass, 
and in addition, the owner, or whoever brought the carcass 
into the county, and failed to remove the ' same within the 
time named shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon 
conviction he shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor 
more than twenty dollars for each offense. 

Sec. 9. (4774). Stock with contagious disease. — No 
farm stock of any kind whatever such as horses, mules, cattle, 
hogs, sheep or other domestic animals that are affected with 
any contagious disease shall be allowed to run at large if the 
owner knows such stock to be so diseased. 

Sec. 10. (4775). Punishment for allowing such animals 
to run at large. — Any person or persons owning or having in 
charge any stock as mentioned in the above section, and shall 
allow the same to run at large, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor 
and when convicted shall be punished by fine or imprisonment 
in the county jail or both. (See sections 86, 87, 88). 

Sec 11. (1950-4776). Fraud in registering animals. — 
Any person who shall obtain by false pretense, from any club, 
association, company, or society whose business it is to improve 
the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine or other domestic 
animals, such person having any of his animals so registered, 
and any person who will knowingly give a false pedigree of 
any animal, shall upon conviction be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



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CHAPTEE III. 

ANIMALS PROHIBITED FROM BUIOnWG AT LARGE. 

Sec. 12. (4777). Domestic animals not to run at large. 
— It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal, such as 
horses, mules, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, or geese to permit 
the same to run at large, in counties and townships where the 
same have been prohibited from running at large, and if any 
of the above named animals be found running at large outside 
of the inclosure of the owner, it shall be lawful for any person 
to take up the same, and the person taking up the same must 
give notice in writing within three days, to the owner of such 
animal, stating his charges for keeping the animal, and also 
the damages he claims; and thereupon the owner shall pay 
the person who took up the animal a reasonable amount as 
damages, and charges for keeping the same, and he shall pay 
all others who were damaged by reason of such animal running 
at large. If the owner of such animal be not known or fails 
to pay for keeping the animal and the damages of same, then 
the animal may be considered a stray, and be dealt with, under 
the stray law. (See Chapter 18). 

Sec. 13. (4778). Appraisers to assess damages. — If 
the owner of the animal taken up and the person who took up 
the same can not agree on the charges for keeping and damages 
of said animal, then either of them may apply to a justice of the 
peace of the township where the person resides who took up 
the same, and ask that three appraisers be appointed to assess 
the damages and charges for keeping the animal, tiie justice 
shall then appoint three householders of the township, who 



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are not interested, to appear and assess the damages and 
charges for keeping the same. 

Sec. 14. (4779). Appraisers to take oath. — The persons 
so notified shall be under oath to assess the damages and 
charges fairly for keeping the animal, and when the same has 
been paid, he is entitled to take the animal, if the animal is 
not then given up to the owner he may bring suit to get 
possession of it. 

Sec. 15. (4780). Fees by whom paid. — The justice of the 
peace shall be allowed a fee of fifty cents for issuing the notice 
and swearing the appraisers, and the constable or person 
serving the notice shall be allowed a fee of thirty-five cents for 
each appraiser notified and three cents per mile as mileage to 
and from the place of service, and each appraiser shall be 
allowed a fee of fifty cents; these fees to be paid by the owner 
of the stock before he can take the stock away; but if the 
appraisers assess the damages and charge at a less amount than 
the taker-up had asked, then the taker-up is to pay the above 
named fees. 

Sec. 16. (4781). Lawful fence not necessary.-— Li shall 
not be necessary for any person to fence against any of the 
animals named in this and the preceding chapter, and if a 
person takes up an animal, the owner can not defend himself 
by saying that the taker-up had no lawful fence, but this does 
not apply to railroads as they must keep the right of way 
fenced. 

Sec. 17. (4782). Animals may be driven along the 
highway. — Any person may drive stock along the highway, or 
from one place to another, but the owner is responsible for 
any damage done by his stock while they are driven along the 
road. 



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Sec. 18. (4784). Prohibiting stock from running at 
large. — If one hundred householders of the county shall 
petition the county court, asking that any or all the animal- 
mentioned in section twelve of this chapter, shall he prohibited 
from running at large, then the county court shall submit 
the same to the qualified voters of the county, either at a 
general election, or a special election called for that purpose, 
the county court shall publish in a newspaper of the county, 
notice of the election, for three weeks continuously, and the 
last insertion must be at least ten days before the day of 
election, the county court must also post up three printed 
notices thereof in the three most public places in each of the 
townships of the county, at least twenty days before sail 
election, the notices shall name the animals on which the vote 
will be taken, which must be the same as were petitioned for. 

Sec. 19. (4788). Animals restrained in certain town- 
ships. — Whenever five or more townships lying in one body 
in any county in this state, by a petition of one hundred 
householders, of which each township must have at least ten 
petitioners, may petition the county court to have the privilege 
to vote on prohibiting the running at large horses, mules, 
cattle, goats, swine and sheep, then the notices and election 
will proceed the same as if the county had petitioned as stated 
in section eighteen and if the election is in favor of restraining 
said animal or animals then the same are prohibited from 
running at large. 

Sec 20. (4789). Prohibiting hogs and sheep from 
running at large. — Whenever one or more townships lying in 
one body in the state of Missouri, and joining anv river, and 
when one-half of said township or townships are subject to 
overflow from the river, then ten householders of said 



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township or townships may petition the county court for the 
privilege to vote on the question of prohibiting sheep and 
swine from running at large. The notice of election and 
result of same is to be the same as if the county had petitioned. 
Sec. 21. (4790). Adjoining township to vote. — When- 
ever any five or more townships in any county in Missouri have 
adopted the laws governing hogs and sheep from running 
at large as provided in this chapter, then any one or more 
townships that have not adopted said laws, and are adjoining 
the said townships, then the township or townships, by a 
petition of twenty-five householders of each township may 
petition the county court for the privilege of voting on the 
question of prohibiting swine and sheep from running at large. 

Sec 22. (4791). Swine or sheep taken up — notice to 
owner. — If any swine or sheep shall be found running at large, 
contrary to the law as laid down in this chapter, then it shall 
be lawful for any person on whose premises the swine or sheep 
are found, to take up the same, and give notice in writing to 
the owner, if he is known, the notice shall state that the swine 
or sheep have been taken up, the amount of damages claimed, 
and request the owner to take the swine or sheep away, and 
pay the damages; the owner must also pay the person who 
took up the animal a reasonable amount for feeding and 
keeping the same. If the owner fails to do this within three 
days after he has received notice, or if the owner is unknown 
then in either case the animal or animals are to be disposed 
of as provided in the next section. 

Sec. 23. (4792). Proceedings before justice. — If the 
owner of any swine or sheep which has been taken up as 
provided in this chapter, be unknown after three days' diligent 
inquiry by the person who took up said sheep or swine, or if 



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the owner who has received notice does not within three days 
after he has received notice, come and pay the damages and 
charges for keeping and feeding, and take the same away, then 
the person who took up the animal shall apply to a justice 
of the peace of the township and ask that the stock taken up 
shall be sold according to law: if the justice is satisfied that 
the taker-up has done his part according to law, then the 
justice shall order that the said swine or sheep shall be sold 
by the constable after fifteen days, the constable must give 
notice of the sale. After paying the costs of the sale, and 
damages and charges for keeping and feeding said animal, 
then what money is left shall be paid to the county treasurer, 
the owner may call for this sum within twelve months, if he 
does not, then it is to go to the county school fund. 

Sec. 21. (2321). Aged and deformed animals not to 
run at large. — If any person who owns or has in his care any 
animal as enumerated in section twelve, and allows the same 
to run at large in a county or township that has adopted the 
provisions of this chapter, and he knowingly and purposely 
refuses to keep the same from running at large and the animal 
should be so old or deformed or blind so it could noi be sold 
to pay the costs of sale and damages to any party who might 
take up the same, then the owner or person who has the 
keeping of the animal shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
when he is convicted he shall be punished by a fine of not 
less than five nor more than twenty dollars, or he may be 
imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not more than ten 
days. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 

Sec. 25. (461). The following days are public holidays 
in this state. — The first day of January, the twenty-second day 
of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of 
July, the first Monday in September, any general state election 
day, Thanksgiving day, and the twenty-fifth day of December. 
And if any of these holidays fall on Sunday, then the next 
Monday shall be considered such holiday. If any notes or 
bills fall due on any of these holidays, then such holiday shall 
be considered the same as Sunday, and the next day shall be 
the clay for the payment of said note or bill, unless the next 
day should be a holiday then the day before such holiday 
shall be the clay for the payment of said note or bill. 

CHAPTER V. 

BRIDGES. 

Sec 26. (5200). Engines moved on road. — Any person 
who moves on the public road any threshing engines, cane 
mills, corn mills, saw mills and steam engines of any kind, 
when crossing a bridge or culvert must lay clown planks not 
less than one foot wide and three inches in thickness, and the 
wheels of said machines must pass over the bridge or culvert 
on the planks, but if any of the machines moved do not weigh 
more than one ton, then it will not be necessary to lay down 
the planks. 

Sec 27. (5201). Engines meeting vehicles. — All persons 
owning, controlling, operating, or managing threshing 



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machines, cane mills, corn mills, saw mills, reaping machines, 
mowing machines, and steam engines of any kind are required, 
when moving the same along public highways, on meeting 
any person or persons on horses, mules or other animals, or 
in vehicles of any kind, drawn by horses, or mules, or other 
animals, to shut off steam and come to a halt, at a distance 
of one hundred yards from the place on the road where the 
person or persons on horses, mules or other animals, or in 
vehicles of any kind, are met, and to remain with steam down 
and halted until said person or persons shall have passed at a 
distance of one hundred yards from the place of halting. 

Sec. 28. (5202). Penalty for violating this chapter. — 
Any person or persons who shall violate the provisions of this 
chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to a 
fine of not less than five and no more than one hundred 
dollars. 

CHAPTEE VI. 

CATTLE. 

Sec. 29. (5223). Herding cattle. — It is unlawful for 
any person not a resident of this state to bring into this state, 
or for any resident of this state to drive from one county to 
another or from one range to another, in the same county, 
any horned cattle, horses, mules, or hogs, on any uninclosed or 
unimproved lands in this state, and any person so doing or 
assisting in the same shall be guilty of a violation of the law, 
and shall pay a fine of one dollar per head for each one grazed 
and every day such animal is grazed will be a new crime, and 
subject to a new fine. But this does not apply to a person who 
owns the land he is grazing, or if it is government land, or if 
the owner gives his consent in writing to have his land grazed. 



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CHAPTER VII. 

DISEASED SOUTHERN CATTLE. 

Sec. 30. (5231). Diseased cattle not to run at large. — 
Every person who owns or has cattle under his care, which 
are diseased or distempered, are not allowed to run at large or 
be off the land to which they belong; and any cattle which 
are diseased or distempered with what is commonly known 
as Texas or Spanish fever, or any other disease that is infectious 
(catching), such cattle are not allowed to be driven into or 
through this state, or from one place in this state to another, 
unless such places are owned by the owner of the cattle driven. 
And no railroad company or owner of a steamboat or any 
other company or person, shall bring into this state or trans- 
port through it, or from one place in this state to another, any 
Texas, Mexican, Cherokee or Indian cattle affected with what 
is commonly known as Texas or Spanish fever, or any other 
contagious disease, epidemic or pestilence, any person violating 
this section shall, when convicted, be fined in any sum not to 
exceed one thousand dollars. 

Sec 31. (5231). Southern cattle brought into this state. 
— Texas, Mexican, Cherokee, or Indian cattle which have 
not been kept at least one winter as far north as the southern 
boundary line of Kansas, are not allowed to be driven into or 
through any county in this state, between the first day of April 
and the first day of November, unless a bond of one thousand 
dollars be first given to the county, into or through which such 
cattle are to be driven, the bond is to be approved by the 
county clerk, and if there is any damage clone by such cattle 



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spreading any contagious disease, then the person who gave the 
bond and his bondsmen are liable for the damage, any person 
who violates this section, shall be fined in a sum not to exceed 
one thousand dollars. 

Sec. 32. (5232). Damages. — Any person or persons, or 
railroad company, or the owner or owners of a steamboat, who 
violate sections 30 and 31 are liable for all the damages done 
by disease spread by diseased animals transported or driven 
in this state, and if any native cattle in the vicinity or along 
the route of the cattle mentioned in sections 30 and 31 and the 
said native cattle get a contagious disease, this will be evidence 
that the said Texas, Mexican, Cherokee or Indian cattle had 
the contagious disease, and that they spread the disease among 
the native cattle. 

Sec. 33. (5233). Case to be tried ivlierel — Suit may be 
brought for the damages as mentioned in section 32 in the 
circuit court or justice court. 

Sec 34. (5234). Diseased cattle to be confined. — When- 
ever any animal affected with any contagious disease, is 
running at large and not confined as required by this chapter, 
then any person may make application in writing under oath, 
this application may be made to a judge of either of the 
following courts: Supreme court, courts of appeal, circuit 
court, county court, probate court, justice of the peace court. 
The judge is then to issue an order to the owner of the animal, 
or to the person who has it in charge, directing him to confine 
the animal, and if he refuses or fails to confine it, or if he 
allows it to escape while confined, then any judge of either of 
the above named courts, shall issue his warrant to the sheriff 
or any constable of the county, to seize the animal and bring it 
before him, or securely confine it, and also to bring the person 



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who allowed the animal to run at large, if the person is 
known, he may then show if he can why such animal should 
not be confined or killed. 

Sec 35. (5235). Diseased animal liow disposed of. — 
If the owner or keeper of the animal appears before the judge 
or justice, or should the owner not appear the case would be 
tried anyway to see if the animal is affected with a contagious 
disease, and if it is found that the animal has such a disease, 
then the judge shall order the sheriff or constable to keep the 
animal confined in some out of the way place until the animal 
is free from disease, or the judge may order the owner to 
remove such animal from the state, after the costs and all 
damages and expenses have been paid by him. 

Sec. 36. (5236). Cost and damages — how recovered. — 
All such animals taken up and proceeded with as mentioned 
in the preceding sections, shall be held for all costs, and all 
expenses in keeping the animal, and for all damages the 
animal caused in spreading any contagious disease. And if 
the damage done is greater than the value of the animal or 
animals taken up, then the owner is liable for the balance of 
the damages. 

Sec 37. (5237). Animal may he hilled. — AVhen the 
case is tried and it is found that the diseased animal can not 
be cured, or that the animal is not worth the trouble and cost 
it would likely take in curing the same, then the judge or 
justice shall order it to be killed by the officer who has the 
animal in his care; for the killing the officer is allowed fifty 
cents per head for each one killed, this is to be paid by the 
owner, if he can be found, if not then the county must pay 
it. If the officer fails to kill the animal, he shall pay one 
dollar for each animal he was ordered to kill and failed to do 



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so. Then the judge may order that the animal should be 
sold and the person who buys the animal must confine it, so 
it will not spread disease among other animals. 

Sec. 38. (5238). Bond given by owner. — The owner 
may take the animal from the sheriff or constable, and remove 
it to his own land, if he first pays all expenses and costs that 
have accumulated on account of the animal, and also give 
bond, binding himself to keep the animal confined, and for 
all expenses and damages that may still occur. 

Sec. 39. (5239). Appraisers appointed. — When the 
officer who has the animal in charge is of the opinion that it 
is safe to remove or dispose of the same, he may so inform the 
judge, who ordered him to take up the animal, the judge may 
then appoint three householders of the neighborhood to 
appraise the damages and loss of all persons on account of any 
contagious disease the animal caused to spread and also the 
expenses of keeping the animal. The appraisers are to be 
under oath, they are to receive one dollar each per day, this 
is also to be paid by the owner of the animal. 

Sec. 40. (5240). Costs agreed on. — If, after it is safe 
to remove the animal, the owner and officer can agree upon 
the expenses of keeping the animal and all damages, then it 
will not be necessary to appoint appraisers. 

Sec. 41. (5241). Cattle may be sold. — After the apprais- 
ment has been made, and the judge has received a copy of it, 
the owner of the animal shall be furnished with a statement of 
the appraisement, then if he pays all the costs, expenses and 
damages, he may then take his animal or animals away; but 
in case he does not pay the amount demanded, or if he is 
unknown, then the animal or animals may be sold, and the 
money received is to be taken to pay all costs, expenses and 



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damages, and if there is any money remaining it shall be 
paid to the owner, unless he is unknown or refuses to take 
it, in such a case it is to be paid to the county treasurer, and 
here the owner of the animal may call for it within one year, 
if he does not it shall go to the county school fund. 

Sec. 42. (5243). Penalty for violating this chapter. — 
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall 
be subject to a fine not less than one hundred ana no more 
than five hundred dollars for each offense. 

CHAPTEE VIII. 

CONTRACTS AND PROMISES. 

Sec. 43. (889). Joint contracts. — All contracts where 
two or more persons bind themselves jointly to do anything, 
or to pay any note, or bill, such contracts, notes, or bills are 
considered joint and several; and if one of them fails to per- 
form his part the other is bound to perform it alone. 

Xow suppose John Doe and Richard Roe gave a joint note 
with both their names signed to it; if John Doe could not 
pay his share of it, then Richard Roe would be responsible 
for the whole note; then if Richard Roe would pay it, he 
would have the right to sue John Doe for half of the note. 

Sec. 44. (890). Joint debt revives. — In case that one 
of the joint obligors of a note, or contract of any kind, dies, 
his heirs, administrators or executors shall perform his part of 
the contract. 

Sec 45. (894). Written contracts must contain what. 
— All instruments in writing made and signed by any person 
or his agent, must show that both parties to the contract are to 
perform something. 



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CHAPTER IX. 

CRIMES AND BUNISHMEWTS. 

This chapter is an extensive one, and should be studied 
carefully. 

Sec. 46. (1830-1835). If a person has a mischievous 
animal, and he knows it to be so, and he unlawfully allows it 
to go at large, or he keeps it in a careless maimer, and if the 
animal should kill any one who tried to avoid it, while it was 
running at large or kept carelessly, the owner is then guilty 
of manslaughter in the third degree and when convicted, he 
shall be put in the penitentiary for a term of not more than 
three years, or put in the county jail for a term of not less than 
six months, or by line not less than five hundred dollars, or he 
may be both fined to an amount not less than one hundred 
dollars and imprisoned in the county jail not more than three 
months. 

Sec 47. (1S52). Poison in food or drink. — Any person 
who shall put any poison into any food, drink, or medicine, 
with the intention of killing or in jurying any person, or if 
he intentionally poison any spring, well or reservoir of water, 
he shall, when convicted, be punished by imprisonment in the 
penitentiary not to exceed five years. 

Sec 48. (1862). Carrying deadly weapon. — Xo one is 
allowed to carry concealed upon or about his person, any 
deadly or dangerous weapon: also no one is allowed to carry 
upon or about his person, concealed or otherwise, any deadly 
weapon while he is in a church or place where people are 



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assembled for religions worship, or into any school-room or 
place where people are assembled for educational, literary, or 
social purposes, or to any election precinct on any election day, 
or into any court room during the sitting of the court, or into 
any other public assembly of people for any lawful purpose; 
this does not apply to police or militia. Also no one is 
allowed to flourish and exhibit any deadly weapon in a rough, 
angry, or threatening manner in the presence of one or more 
persons. Also, when a person is intoxicated he is not allowed 
to carry any deadly weapon. Also, no one is allowed to sell, 
trade, give or loan a deadly weapon to any person who is not 
of age, without the consent of his parent or guardian. Any 
one who violates any part of this section shall, when convicted, 
be punished by a fine of not less than fifty and no more than 
two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail 
not less than five days and no more than six months or by both 
such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 49. (1863). Police and travelers may carry 
weapons. — The section above does not apply to police, consta- 
bles, sheriffs or peace officers, and also to persons who are 
traveling peaceably through this state. 

Sec. 50. (1898 1899). Grand larceny. — Every person 
who shall steal any money, goods, or any personal property, 
or any dog, the value of which are thirty dollars or more, or 
shall steal any horse, mule, or cattle, such person shall be 
guilty of grand larceny, and when convicted, he shall be 
punished, as follows : For stealing horses or mules, imprison- 
ment in the penitentiary not more than seven years, and for 
stealing anything else mentioned in this section, he shall be 
imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years. 

Sec. 51. (1910). Petit larceny. — Every person who 



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shall steal any personal property under the value of thirty 
dollars, shall be guilty of petit larceny, and when convicted, 
shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more 
than one year, or fined to an amount not more than one 
hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 52. (1903). Brands or marks changed. — If any 
person mark or brand, or change any mark or brand on any 
animal which is mentioned in section 50, which animal belongs 
to another person, and he does this with the intention of steal- 
ing it, or shall kill such animal with the intention of stealing 
it, he shall be punished in the same manner as if he had stolen 
such animal. 

Sec. 53. ,(1951). Malicious mischief. — If any person will- 
fully cut, break or in any way injure any saddle, bridle, halter, 
or harness belonging to another person without his consent, or 
shall willfully cut, clip, or shave the mane or tail of any 
animal, or shall willfully remove the tap or nut from the axle 
of any vehicle, or in any way injure the same, or shall drive 
or ride away the horse, mule or other animal of another person 
without his consent, and though he does not intend to keep 
the same; if any person commits any of these acts, he shall, 
when convicted, be fined not less than twenty-five nor more 
than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail 
not more than one year or both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 54. (1958). Injuring property of another. — If any 
person shall intentionally injure or destroy any house, barn, 
or any building, or any part of the same or any land, or any 
thing attached to the land, or shall leave down a bar, or open 
a gate and leave the same open. Any person who commits 
these acts on the property of another person shall, when he is 
convicted, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail 



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not more than one year, or by fine not to exceed five hundred 
dollars, or he may be both fined and imprisoned. 

Sec. 55. (1959-1960). Trees destroyed.— -If any person 
enters the property of another person, and cuts down, injures, 
takes away, or interf ears in any w T ay with any trees, shrubs, or 
vines, fruit, vegetables, flowers, grain, grass, or hay, or shall 
buy, take, or receive the same from any person who has taken 
them from another, without having a right thereto, any person 
who commits these acts, on the property of another, shall, 
when he is convicted, he shall be punished by imprisonment 
in the county jail not more than one year, or be fined in an 
amount not to exceed five hundred dollars, or be both fined 
and imprisoned. 

Sec. 56. (1961). Arrest without warrant. — If any one 
steals property of another, or injures the same, as mentioned 
in section 55 and the owner sees him do such an act he can 
immediately arrest him without a warrant and take him before 
the nearest justice of the peace. 

Sec 57. (1962). Destroying bridges, dams. — Every 
person who willfully injures or destroys any bridge, mill-dam, 
dyke or levee, or any clam to hold water for water-works, shall, 
when convicted, be punished by imprisonment in the peniten- 
tiary for not less than two years nor more than five years. 

Sec. 58. (1963). Land-mark destroyed. — Every person 
who shall willfully remove any monument or stone or any 
other durable material put up for the purpose to show the 
boundary line of a piece of land or lot, or shall deface or 
change the marks upon any tree, post or monument used for 
a boundary, or shall cut down any tree used to mark a bound- 
ary line, any person doing this with the intention of destroying 
such land-mark, shall, when convicted, be punished by impris- 



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onment in the county jail not more than one year, or fined 
in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars or by both 
fine and imprisonment. 

Sec 59. (1966). Destroying mile-post guide-board. — 
Every person who shall willfully break, destroy, or remove 
any mile-post, mile-stone, or any other guide board erected by 
order of the law, or shall change any inscription on such 
guide-post, guide-board, or shall plow up or tear up any 
public road, without the order of the road overseer, unless a 
person plows for the purpose of planting a hedge, otherwise, he 
shall, when convicted, be punished by imprisonment in the 
county jail not more than one year, or fined not to exceed 
five hundred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 60. (1969-1970). Timber, cutting or destroying. — 
Any person who shall unlawfully enter the premises of another 
person, and cut, destroy, or carry off any timber or lumber, 
which belongs to another, and the value of the same is thirty 
dollars or more, such person, when convicted shall be punished 
by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a period of not less 
than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail not 
less than six months, or by fine of not less than three hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 61. (1972). Timber valued at less than thirty 
dollars. — If the timber so cut down, destroyed, or carried 
away, as stated in section 60, is valued at less than thirty 
dollars, the person committing such wrong shall, when con- 
victed, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not 
exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one hundred 
dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 62. (1974). School and church buildings injured. 
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should; it is as follows : IsTo one is allowed to injure or destroy 
or cut, mark, or disfigure any school house, church house, or 
any building used for educational or religious purposes, or 
any furniture that belongs to such house, nor is any one 
allowed to go on the land of such house and remove the water 
used to supply such house, unless he has written permission 
to remove such water, also no one is allowed to pollute such 
water, any one committing any such wrong shall, when 
convicted be punished by imprisonment in the county jail 
not to exceed one year, or by fine not to exceed five hundred 
dollars, or he may be both fined and imprisoned. 

Sec. 63. (1980). ^Woods set on fire. — If any person shall 
willfully set fire to any woods, marsh, or prairie not his 
own, or if he shall carelessly set or leave fire on land which 
is not his own, such a person may be punished by imprison- 
ment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or he may be 
fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars. 

Sec. 64. (1986). Poisoning cattle. — Any person who 
willfully gives any poison to any cattle, or shall expose any 
poison with the intention that it should be eaten by any cattle, 
such person, when convicted, shall be punished by imprison- 
ment in the penitentiary not exceeding three years, or in the 
county jail not less than six months, or by fine not less than two 
hundred and fifty dollars, or by both a fine of not less than 
one hundred dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not 
less than three months. [According to this section a person 
is not allowed to poison his own cattle. But we think the 
meaning is that no one is allowed to poison another person's 
cattle, for certainly if a person had an animal that he wished 
killed he could do the killing by poison if he did it in a 
humane way, so as to cause the animal little suffering]. 



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Sec. 65. (1987). Animals hilled or wounded; — Every 
person who shall willfully kill, wound, or injure any horse, 
mare, colt, mule, or cattle belonging to another person, such 
person shall, when convicted, be punished by imprisonment 
in the penitentiary not to exceed three years, or by imprison- 
ment in the county jail not less than six months, or by a fine 
not less than fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprison- 
ment. 

Sec. 66. (1988). Animal cruelly injured. — Every per- 
son who shall willfully and cruelly beat, wound, or torture 
any horse, ox, or cattle, whether it belongs to himself or to 
another person, he shall, when convicted, be punished by 
imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or 
be fined in a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both 
such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 67. (2155). Interfering with employment. — If a 
person is lawfully employed to work for another person, and 
a third person tries by force or threats to get such person to 
stop working, or if he is about to be employed to work for 
another and a third person gets the laborer to abandon such 
work, by force or threats, such a person is guilty of a misde- 
meanor and, when convicted, he shall be punished by a fine 
of not less than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the county 
jail not less than three months, or by both fine and imprison- 
ment. 

Sec 68. (2159). Disturbing the peace. — If any person 
shall willfully disturb the peace of any neighborhood, or 
disturb the peace of any family, or person, by loud and 
unusual noise, loud and offensive or indecent conversation, or 
by threatening, quarreling, challenging or fighting, every 
person so doing, shall, when convicted, be punished by impris- 



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onment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by fine 
not to exceed five hundred dollars, or both such fine and 
imprisonment. 

Sec. 69. (2160). Disturbing religious meetings. — If 
any person intentionally and willfully disturb any camp 
meeting, or any meeting for religious purposes, or any school, 
or any other lawful meeting whatever, by making a noise, or 
by rude or indecent behavior, or profane talking or conversa- 
tion in the place of meeting, or so near thereby as to disturb 
the order or solemnity thereof, or shall threaten or assault any 
person at such meeting, such person shall, when convicted, 
be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than 
one year, or fined in an amount not to exceed five hundred 
dollars, or both fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 70. (2161). Selling liquor near religious gathering. 
— Every person who shall erect or keep a booth, tent, stall, or 
other contrivance for the purpose of selling or otherwise 
disposing of any spirituous drinks, and the same is within one 
mile of any camp or field meeting for religious purpose ; such 
person, when convicted, shall be punished as mentioned in 
Section 69. 

Sec. 71. (2162-2163). Running horses on public road. 
— If any person run or cause to run, a horse, on any public 
road, in such a manner as to interrupt travelers, or frighten 
any animal that is ridden or driven along the same place; or if 
two or more persons run a horse-race to match their horses 
on an public road, such person, when convicted, shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than five and no more than 
twenty-five dollars. 

Sec 72. (2164). Shooting on public road. — Every per- 
son who shall shoot at a mark, or any other object, or shall 



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shoot at random, along or across a public road, such a person, 
when convicted, shall be fined twenty-five dollars. 

Sec. 73. (2211). Betting on election. If any person 
shall bet money or any other thing that has value, on the 
result of any election, or if any person becomes stake-holder of 
such bet, such persons shall, when convicted be punished by 
fine not to exceed fifty dollars. 

Sec. 74. (2234). Putting dead animal in well. — If any 
person put any dead animal or any part thereof, or any filth 
of any kind into any well, spring, brook, branch, creek, pond, 
or lake, such person, when convicted, shall be fined in any 
sum not less than ten nor more than one thousand dollars. 
If any person places any dead animal or other filth in or near 
a public road or upon premises not his own, or into any stream 
or water course other than the Mississippi or Missouri rivers, 
such person shall, when convicted, be fined for each offense, 
any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and if 
he does not remove such nuisance within three days thereafter, 
he may be fined the same as for placing it there. 

Sec 75. (2235). Poisoning wells. — Whoever willfully 
and maliciously poisons or corrupts the water of any well, 
spring, brook or reservoir, whether used for private or public 
purposes, or whoever willfully and maliciously changes the 
course, or clams up any spring or brook or other water supply, 
so as to interfere with another person or the public, who had 
been using the same, such person, when convicted, shall be 
punished by a fine not to be less than fifty nor more than five 
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not more 
than one year or both such fine and imprisonment, and he is 
also liable to the person or public who is injured thereby to 
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Sec. 76. (2236). Slaughter house. — If any person owns 
or occupies a slaughter house, and allows it or the lot on which 
it stands to become filthy or unclean between April the first 
and October the first, if it is an annoyance to a citizen of 
this state, he shall, when convicted, be fined not less than five 
nor more than fifty dollars, and if he then does not remove 
such nuisance within five days, he then commits a second 
wrong, and so on every five days will be considered a new 
wrong. 

Sec. 77. (2240). Sabbath breaking. — Every person who 
works on Sunday or compels his servant or any one under his 
control, to work on Sunday, that is, other work than house- 
hold duties, or other necessary work, or work of charity, or 
who shall hunt game or shoot on Sunday, such person shall 
be fined in an amount not more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 78. (2241). Sunday working. — Section 77 does 
not apply to a person whose religion establishes another day 
for the Sabbath, provided he observes his Sabbath. Nor does 
it prohibit a ferryman from crossing passengers. 

Sec 79. (2298). Mistreatment of animals. — If any 
person shall cruelly torture, torment, or deprive of necessary 
food or drink, shelter and protection from the weather, or 
cruelly beat, kill or over-drive any domestic animal, or work 
it when it is sick and unfit to work, or cruelly leave it to die, 
or haul or drag it in a cruel and inhuman manner, he shall be 
punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than 
one year, or by fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, or by 
both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 80. (2301). Trapping. — No one is allowed to 
catch or kill or attempt to catch or kill with steel traps, traps 
or pits or any other such device, any mink, otter, beaver, or 



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musk-rat, between the first day of April and November, unless 
lie does it to protect his premises from being damaged by such 
animal; any one violating this section shall be punished the 
same as mentioned in section 79. 

Sec. 81. (2302). Hunting. — If any one hunts game on 
the premises of another person without the consent of the 
owner, he shall, when the owner makes complaint, be fined not 
to exceed ten dollars 

Sec. 82. (2305). Game and fish protected. — It is unlaw- 
ful to kill any deer in this state under one year old. It is 
also unlawful to kill any deer of any age between the first 
day of January and the first day of October. It is also unlaw- 
ful to kill any female deer within five years from March 24 > 
1897. It is also unlawful to kill any wild song bird or birds 
that destroy insects, or to destroy their nests or rob them of 
their eggs. It is also unlawful to kill any wild turkey, 
prairie-chicken, pheasant, partridge or quail, between the first 
day of January and the first day of Xovember of each year. 
It is also unlawful to kill any woodcock, turtle dove, meadow 
lark or plover between the first day of January and the first 
day of August of each year. It is also unlawful to catch or 
injure by means of nets, traps, pens, pits or any such device 
any of the game mentioned above, at any time of the year. 
It is also unlawful to kill any wild duck between the first day 
of April and the first day of October. It is also unlawful to 
trap or kill with any explosives any wild duck or goose, or to 
kill by explosives between sun-set and sun-rise, but any person 
may trap or net wild geese or ducks on his own premises for 
his own use. It is also unlawful to catch fish by placing in the 
stream or at the mouth of any stream of this state any seine, 
net, gill-net, trammel-net, wing-net, bag-weir, brush-drag, fish- 



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trap or fish-dam, or any such devise, unless such water is all on 
one person's property as a pond, lake, or short slough, then the 
owner may use any method he wishes to catch his fish, also 
a person may use a minnow seine to catch minnows for bait, or 
to put into some other waters to stock it with fish; but if a 
stream flows through a person's land or borders on it, he may 
seine fish in it if the meshes of the seine are not smaller than 
two inches in size, and in such case he cannot seine for more 
than two hours in each day. Any one who commits any 
wrong against this section shall be fined in a sum not less than 
ten nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 83. (2309). Quail and prairie-chicken may he 
netted. — A person may net or trap quail or prairie-chickens 
on his own premises for his own family use, but this may only 
be done between the fifteenth day of October and the first day 
of February, also a person may destroy the eggs of such birds 
as owls, hawks, eagles, or any bird of prey, also a person may 
kill any bird for the purpose of studying its habits, also they 
may be killed to be stuffed or set up as specimens, also a person 
may kill any birds on his own premises if they are destroying 
his fruit or bees. 

Sec. 84. (2310). Non-resident not to kill game, — If a 
person is not a resident of this state, he can not at any time, 
kill, ensnare, trap or net any deer, fawn, wild-turkey, quail, 
prairie-chicken, woodcock, goose, brant, duck, or snipe, coon, 
mink, otter, beaver, bear, muskrat, or any animal that has 
fur. If any person commits this wrong, he may be fined not to 
exceed one thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail 
not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec 85. (7456). Poisoning fish. — No one is allowed to 
put into the waters of this state any poison to kill or injure 



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any fish, nor to use any explosive to kill or injure any fish; 
any one committing this wrong shall be fined not less than 
fifty nor more than two hundred dollars, for each offense, and 
if he fails to pay such fine and costs, he shall be put in jail one 
day for each dollar of costs and fine. 

Sec. 86. (2322). Diseased horses running at large. — 
Any horse or mule that has the nasal gleet, glanders, or button 
farcy, is not allowed to be brought into this state, nor is such 
animal allowed to run at large, or used, or tied off his premises, 
or sell, trade, or offer for sale or trade any such animal, if the 
person who owns or has the animal knows such animal is so 
diseased. Any person who commits this wrong shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or im- 
prisoned in the county jail not more than one year or both such 
fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 87. (2323). Texas cattle with fever. — Xo one is 
allowed to bring into or drive through this state from one 
place to another, any cattle that he knows are affected with 
Texas or Spanish fever or any other contagious disease, but 
such owner may remove them from one piece of his ground to 
another, also he is not allowed to sell such animal or any hog 
that is affected with the hog cholera, unless he tells the 
purchaser that such animal is so affected. Any one that com- 
mits any wrong as mentioned in this section, shall be punished 
as mentioned in section 86. 

Sec. 88. (2330). Diseased sheep. — Sheep that have a 
contagious disease are not allowed to be brought into this state, 
nor are such sheep allowed to run at large if the owner knows 
them to have such disease, nor can he sell such sheep. Any 
person violating this section shall be punished by imprison- 
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more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment. 

Sec. 89. (2871-2872). Woods set on fire. — If any person 
willfully sets fire to any woods, marsh, or prairie, so that some 
other person will be damaged thereby, such person shall pay 
a sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars, 
half of this money to go to the person suing, and the other half 
to the county. Also if a person sets on fire, willfully, any 
woods, marsh, or prairie, whether it is his own or not and 
through this fire he damages some other person, he shall pay 
such person double the damages done. 

Sec. 90. (6975-76). Dogs.— 'When any sheep or other 
domestic animal is killed or injured by any dog, the owner of 
the animal killed or injured may recover of the owner of the 
dog all the damages done, and the owner of the dog shall 
immediately kill such dog, and every day he refuses or neglects 
to do so, after notice, he shall pay one dollar, and it shall be 
lawful for any one to kill such dog. If any person sees a dog 
in the act of killing, wounding or chasing any sheep, or if 
any person sees a dog in such circumstances as to satisfactorily 
show that the dog was recently killing or chasing sheep or any 
other farm animal, he may kill such dog, unless the dog is 
in the possession of the owner or on his property. 

Sec. 91. (6978). Cattle driven aivay. — If any person 
drives horses, mules, cattle, sheep, or hogs, through any part 
of this state, and knowingly and willfully allows any horse,, 
mule, cattle, sheep, or hogs to be driven along and such animal 
belongs to another person and if such animal is driven along 
more than three miles, the owner may follow up and take the 
animal and also sue such person for twice the value of such 
animal or animals driven away, but in case there is no habita- 



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tion within three miles where the drover could leave such 
animal, and he leave it at the first habitation that he can, then 
the owner can not sue him. 

Sec. 91A. (2325-2328). Animals dead, disposed of. — It 
is unlawful for any one to engage in hauling the carcasses of 
hogs, sheep, cattle, horses, that died of any contagious disease, 
also no one is allowed to buy, sell, or give such carcass away. 
It is not to be removed from the premises, but such carcass is 
to be disposed of within twenty-four hours after the animal 
died; it must be either buried or burned; if buried it must 
be buried at least two feet deep, but it is unlawful to bury it 
adjacent to a water course, creek, or slough, that runs onto the 
premises of another person. It is the duty of a person whose 
hogs are sick of any fatal disease, as soon as he knows them to 
be sick, to notify his neighbors, who join his premises and who 
have hogs, that his hogs are sick. If a person fails to dispose 
of his dead animals as provided, or fails to notify as provided 
by law, then any one may notify the constable, and he is to 
carry out the law at the expense of the owner. Also, any one 
who fails to comply with this act shall be fined in a sum not 
less than ten and no more than fifty dollars. 

CHAPTER X. 

EXECUTION. 

Sec. 92. (3159). Property exempt from execution. — Tha 
following property can not be taken to satisfy a debt, if the 
owner of the property named is the head of a family : First, 
ten head of choice hogs, ten head of choice sheep and their 
wool., two cows and calves, one ax, one hoe, one set of plow 
gears, and all necessary farm implements for the use of one 
man; second, two work animals and feed valued at twenty-five 



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dollars; third, spinning wheels, and cards, one loom and 
apparatus; fourth, all spun yarn, thread and cloth made for 
family use; fifth, any quantity of hemp, flax and wool not 
exceeding twenty-five pounds of each; sixth, all wearing 
apparel of the family, four beds and their bedding and such 
other household and kitchen furniture not valued at more 
than one hundred dollars; seventh, the necessary tools and 
implements to carry on a trade; all military equipments 
required to be kept by law; ninth, all such provisions on hand 
for family use not to exceed one hundred dollars' value; tenth, 
the bible and other books used in the family, lettered grave- 
stones and one pew in church; eleventh, lawyers, preachers, 
doctors, and teachers, may select such books as are necessary 
in their profession, but a doctor may select medicine in the 
place of books. 

Sec. 93. (3158). Property exempt. — If a person is not 
the head of a family he may select the following property, 
which can not be taken for debt: First, wearing apparel; 
second, the necessary tools to carry on his trade. 

Sec. 94. (3162). Property may be selected. — The person 
who is at the head of a family may select in the place of the 
property mentioned in the first and second division of section 
92, any property not to exceed three hundred dollars in value. 

Sec. 95. (3165). Property for tax. — In this state any 
and all property may be taken for tax; or in other words, 
there is no property exempt from being taken for taxes. 

Sec. 96. (3166-68). Servants may take any property 
for the payment of their wages. — ]^o property is exempt from 
being taken for the payment of any personal service such as 
a farm laborer does, or that of a servant girl, and then for an 
amount not to exceed ninety dollars, and suit to recover the 



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wages is to be brought within six months from the time the 
last work was done by the laborer, for which he or she is suing; 
but this section only applies to a case where a person's prop- 
erty can not be taken for a debt as mentioned in section 92. 
Of course, if a person has more property than is exempt from 
debt, a servant may sue for any amount that is due him or her. 

CHAPTEK XT. 

FEXCES AXD EXCLOSUEES. 

Sec. 97. (3294). Fences. — The folloiving are the proper 
fences in this state if they are put up according to law : 
Hedge, posts and rails, posts and palings, posts and planks, 
posts and wire, rails laid up in a form commonly called a 
worm fence, stone or brick, or ground thrown up with a ditch 
on each side. 

Sec. 98. (3295). .1 sufficient fence where hogs are 
* allowed to run at large. — In counties where hogs are allowed 
to run at large, the following named fence is a sufficient 
lawful one: If hedge, it must be at least four feet high; if 
made of posts and rails, posts and palings, posts and wire, posts 
and boards or palisades, it shall be at least four and one-half 
feet high, with posts set firmly in the ground and not more than 
eight feet apart, and the rails, palings, wire, boards or 
palisades securely fastened to the posts, and these are to be 
placed on the posts a proper distance apart so hogs, horses, 
cattle and any such stock can not get through. If the fence 
is made of ground, it shall be at least four feet high and a 
ditch on each side, these ditches must be at least three feet 
wide at the top and three feet deep; if it is a worm fence it 
must be at least five feet high to the top of the rider, or if it 
has no rider then it must be five feet high at least to the top 



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rail or pole and it must be locked with strong rails or poles or 
stakes; if the fence is made of stone or brick it must be at 
least four and one-half feet high. 

Sec. 99. (3295). A sufficient fence where hogs are not 
allowed to run at large. — In counties where hogs are not 
allowed to run at large, the law is as follows : If it is a wire 
fence, the posts may be placed sixteen feet apart, and three 
wires stretched tightly and attached to the posts, and the top 
wire is to be four feet from the ground, and the other two 
wires are to be attached below to the posts a proper distance 
apart so horses, cattle and such stock can not get through; if 
the fence is made of posts and rails or posts and slats, the 
posts must be set firmly in the ground and not more than ten 
feet apart, and three rails high, or slats fastened to the posts 
and the upper rail must be four and one-half feet from the 
ground and the other tAvo placed below on the posts a proper 
distance apart, so cattle, horses and such stock can not get 
through; if the fence is built of posts and boards the posts 
must be set firmly in the ground and not more than eight feet 
apart, the boards are to be one inch thick and six inches wide, 
the top board must be four and one-half feet high and the 
remaining boards are to be placed the proper distance apart 
below. 

Sec. 100. (3296). Stock taken up.— Whenever any 
horse, mule or other stock breaks oyer or through a lawful 
fence, as described in sections 98 and 99, and thereby trespass 
on another's land, and does damage, the owner shall pay all 
the damage done by his animal, and all the costs that accumu- 
late in getting the damages paid. A suit to get damages paid 
may be brought in a justice of the peace court. If the animal 
or animals trespass again, then the owner of the land, or he 



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who is in possession of the land on which the trespass is com- 
mitted, may take np such animal or animals and take good 
care of them and immediately notify the owner; when the 
owner of the animal receives notice he shall pay all the 
damages done and a reasonable amount for keeping, and when 
he has paid this to the person who has taken up the animal, he 
may then remove the animal. If the owner and the taker-up 
of the animal can not agree on the damages and costs of 
keeping, they are then to apply to a justice of the peace of the 
township, and he shall proceed to find the damages and costs 
of keeping. 

Sec. 101. (3297). Viewers appointed. — If a person has 
a lawful fence and another person's animal breaks through it, 
the owner of the fence may apply to a justice of the peace, 
asking that viewers be appointed to view such fence, the 
justice of the peace shall then immediately appoint three 
disinterested householders of the neighborhood not related to 
either party; they are to view the fence to determine if it is 
a lawful one. 

Sec. 102. (3298). Injuring animals. — If a person has a 
fence that is not sufficient according to law (sections 98 and 
99) and thereby another person's animal gets into his premises, 
and he kills or injures them in any way, he must pay the 
owner of the animal double the damage done. 

Sec 103. (3299). Division fence. — If a person who 
owns land has a lawful fence on it, as described in sections 
98 and 99, and this fence serves to enclose the land of another 
person, the person who owns the fence can send a written 
notice to the other person, asking him to pay for half of the 
fence and if he pays for half of it he will own a half interest 
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buying one-half of the fence, erect a lawful fence half of the 
distance along the division line, but he must if he builds the 
fence do this within eight months from the time he received 
notice to pay for half of the fence, but if the party who was 
notified does not pay for half of the fence nor builds half of it, 
then the owner of the fence may force him by law to pay for 
half of it, or the owner of the fence may remove the entire 
fence without any notice that he will remove it. 

Sec. 104. (3300). Fence value disagreed on. — If the 
owner of the fence and the person notified can not agree on the 
value of half of the fence, then the owner may apply to a 
justice of the peace of the township, who shall immediately 
send an order to three householders of the neighborhood, who 
are not related to either party interested in the fence, they are 
to estimate the value of the fence. 

Sec. 105. (3302). Fence divided for purpose of repair. 
— Sometimes two neighbors can not agree as to which half of 
the division fence each is to keep in repair, in such a case 
either one of them may apply to a justice of the peace of the 
township, who shall appoint three disinterested householders 
of the township to appear to vieAv the fence, also the justice is 
to give each of the parties three days' notice as to the time 
and place where the viewers will meet, and the appointed 
viewers are to determine which part of the fence each person 
is to repair. 

Sec 100. (3303). Fee for persons appointed. — The per- 
sons appointed to view the fence as mentioned in sections 101 
and 105, shall receive one dollar each per day for the time 
they are actually employed, which is to be paid by the parties 
interested, they are also to pay the justice the costs. 

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Every person who owns a division fence must keep it in good 
repair so it will be a lawful fence, and if such a division fence 
is a hedge, he must trim it at least once each year, and to a 
height not more than four and one-half feet, and to a breadth 
not greater than three feet. To trim a hedge a person may 
go on the land joining the hedge. If a person fails to keep 
his division fence or hedge in repair, the other party who 
owns the land adjoining may have the fence repaired or the 
hedge trimmed at the expense of the owner of the fence ; but 
in such a case the person who trims the hedge must throw the 
brush trimmed off on his own side of the fence. In case a 
person fails to keep his fence in repair or fails to trim his 
hedge, and the other person is damaged thereby, the person 
who neglected to keep his fence in repair shall be liable in 
double the amount of damages done to the party. 

Sec. 108. (3305). Division fence moved. — Xo division 
fence can be removed unless all the owners give their consent; 
unless it should be for the purpose of opening a public road, 
or also a person may move his part of the fence if he first gives 
six months' notice in writing to the person who owns the other 
part of the fence. 

Sec. 109. (3309). Hedge protected. — If a person wishes 
to plant a hedge fence along the line of a public road he may 
do so and to protect such hedge he has the right to inclose six 
feet in width of such road and for six years, but if the road 
is less than forty feet wide then he can inclose only three fe?t 
in width of such public road. 

Sec. 110. (3308). Hedge protected on division line. — If 
a person wishes to plant a hedge fence on the division line 
between his land and the land of another person, he may do so, 
and to protect such hedge he may put up a fence three feet 



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from the division line on the other person's land, and this fence 
to protect such hedge may be kept there at least three years 
or until such hedge shall be large enough to be a lawful fence. 

Sec. 111. (3310). Saltpetre works to be fenced. — Any 
person who owns or works any saltpetre works in this state 
shall keep it fenced with a lawful fence so that no stock can 
enter the same and be injured thereby. In case such works 
are not enclosed with a lawful fence and another person's 
animal is injured or killed by drinking the saltpetre water from 
such works, the owner or occupier of such works is liable for 
double the damages done. 

Sec. 112. (3312-14). Cotton gin to be enclosed.— All 
persons who own or operate cotton gins in this state shall- keep 
them enclosed so hogs can not enter; cotton seed is not allowed 
to be scattered outside of this inclosure; any person who 
violates this section shall be liable for all damage done. 

Sec. 113. (3315). Hedges to be trimmed. — The owner 
of a hedge fence which is on the line along the public road, is 
required to trim it if it is over five years old; it must be 
trimmed at least once every two years, and to a height not 
more than five feet and not less than four feet; but if such 
hedge inclose an orchard, house, or yard, or stock-yard, then 
the provisions of this section do not need to be carried out; 
that is, the hedge in such a case does not need to be trimmed. 

Sec. 114. (3316). Road overseer's duty. — If any person 
fails to trim his hedge as provided in section 113, then the 
roadoverseer of that district shall give written notice to the 
owner or agent of such land on which the hedge is located, 
the roadoverseer is to deliver such notice to the owner or his 
agent or to the place where they live, or if the owner or agent 
can not be found then the notice is to be posted upon the lhi3 



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of such public road ; the notice is to state that the hedge should 
be trimmed according to law 

Sec. 115. (3317). Hedge not trimmed — ivhat to do. — 
If the owner of a hedge along a public road fails to trim it 
after he has had thirty days' notice to trim it, then the over- 
seer of such district shall have such hedge fence trimmed; and 
all costs and expenses of trimming such hedge must be paid 
by the owner of such hedge fence. 

CHAPTER XII. 

LANDOWNER AND RENTER. 

[The word landlord refers to the person who owns land or 
houses, and the word tenant refers to the person who has 
rented land or houses; usually in law books the word landlord 
is used in place of landowner, and the word tenant in place 
of renter] . 

Sec. 116. (4104). Tenant to leave when notifying land- 
lord. — If a tenant (renter) gives notice in writing to his 
landlord that he intends to leave the premises, and he then 
does not leave as specified in the notice, he shall pay double 
the amount of rent for all the time he continues on such 
premises. 

Sec. 117. (4106). Tenant liable when his time expires. 
— If a tenant has leased any land or house for a term of years, 
and when his time expires and he receives notice to leave, and 
he does not leave, he shall be liable to the owner for double 
the yearly value thereof for all the time he remains and keeps 
the owner out of possession. 

Sec. 118. (4107). Tenant not to assign. — A tenant who 
has rented for a term of two years or less, or at the will of 
either party, such a renter can not transfer or assign his 



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interest in the premises to another person, unless he has the 
written consent of the landlord to do so. If the renter does 
transfer such premises without the consent of the landlord, 
then the landlord may after ten days' notice take possession of 
the premises. 

Sec. 119. (4109). Tenancy may be terminated by either 
party. — If land or a house is rented for one year, or rented 
from year to year, the renter or the owner of the land may 
end such renting and have the renter to move off by giving 
sixty days' notice before the end of the time for which it was 
rented. Farms are usually rented for a year, so this notice 
applies to such renters. 

Sec. 120. (4110). Tenant for less than one year. — A 
person who has rented land or a house for a less time than one 
year can be removed from the same on having one month's 
notice to remove. 

Sec. 121. (4111). Notice not necessary, when. — jSTo 
notice to quit or leave land or a house is necessary, when it 
is understood that the renter's time positively expires at the 
end of the time for which it was rented, or if the renter and the 
landlord agree that no notice to leave the premises is necessary. 
But the safest plan for the landowner to do, is to give the 
renter the proper notice to leave the place, then if the renter 
wishes to remain on the place, lie can re-rent if he and the 
landlord can agree. 

Sec. 122. (4115). Crops to stand for the rent. — Every 
landlord shall have a right to hold the crop grown on the land 
for the rent, or in other words, the crop stands good for 
the rent. And this crop shall stand for the rent eight 
months after the rent is due. TThen any land is used for a 
nursery, then the nursery stock shall stand good for the rent 



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as long as such nursery stock is on the rented place. It will 
be noticed that the law says that the crop shall stand good for 
the rent eight months after the rent is due. This, of course, 
means that when the rent is due and not paid, the landlord 
can take the crop within eight months and not after that. 

Sec. 123. (4123). Attachment for rent. — If a person has 
rented and the rent is not paid, but is due within one year, 
his personal property and the crops grown on the premises may 
be attached in the following named instances : First, when 
the renter intends to remove his property from the rented 
place: second, when he is removing his property from the 
rented place; third, when he has, within thirty days, removed 
his property from the rented place; fourth, when he has sold 
or disposed of his crop or a part of it, so as to endanger, 
hinder, or delay the collection of the rent: fifth, when he shall 
attempt to dispose of the crop, or any part of it, so as to 
endanger, hinder, or delay the collection of the rent: sixth, 
when the rent is due and a demand has been made and it has 
not been paid. In case the renter's property or crop is to be 
attached, it may be done by the landlord or his agent, he is to 
go before a justice, or a clerk of the circuit court of the county 
and there make a sworn statement why he wants to attach such 
property, and that he believes if he does not attach the renter's 
property, he will lose the rent, and when this sworn statement 
lias been made the officer is to issue an attachment against the 
personal property and the crop of the renter: also before the 
attachment i> issued the person who is asking for the attach- 
ment must give a good bond in double the amount of the rent 
sued for. If any person shall buy any crop that was grown on 
any rented land, and the rent is still unpaid, and the person 
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rented land he is liable for the rent to the value of the crop 
he bought; and any person to whom such rent is due may 
recover such rent. 

Sec. 124. (412S). Renter re-rents. — If a renter re-rents 
the land he has rented, or re-rents a part of it; to another 
person, the landlord may, when he sues for his rent, also sue 
the person to whom he has rented and the person who has 
rented from the renter. Or it may be stated plainer in this 
way: A person who rents from the renter is liable to the 
landlord for the rent. 

Sec. 125. (4130-31). Landlord may take possession if 
rent is not paid. — If the rent of land or a house is due and 
is not paid, and the landlord has asked for the rent, but failed 
to receive it, he may then have the renter put out of possession, 
this may be done by the landlord or his agent, by going before 
a justice of the peace and there making a sworn statement 
that the rent is due and not paid, then the justice shall issue 
an order to have the renter appear before him. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

LEGAL TENDER. 

Sec 126. (4202). The silver coins of the United States 
are a legal tender at their par (face) value, and shall be 
received in payment of all debts in this state either private or 
public debts, but no one is compelled to take dimes or half- 
dimes if the debt amounts to more than ten dollars; and if 
the debt amounts to more than twenty dollars the creditor 
need not take twenty or twenty-five cent pieces in payment 
of it. 



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CHAPTER XIV. 

INTEREST. 

Sec. 127. (3705). Bate of interest when none is agreed 
upon. — A creditor is allowed six per cent., when no rate is 
mentioned. He is allowed this amount on all money which 
another owes him, or if another person owes him on a contract 
and it is not paid when due it will bear interest from the time 
the contract is due, at the rate of six per cent, if no other 
amount is agreed to. 

Sec. 128. (3706). Eight per cent may be agreed on. — 
The parties to a note, or contract, or any writing in which 
money is due or to become due, may agree to any interest not 
to exceed eight per cent, per year. 

Sec 129. (3711). Interest on interest. — Where money 
is due on a note, contract, or any instrument in writing, it 
will bear interest, but when the interest becomes due, this 
interest if not paid will not draw interest unless the parties 
have agreed that the interest which is due shall draw interest, 
and then the interest can only be compounded yearly, that is, 
the interest may be added to the principal once a year and 
become part of the principal. 

CHAPTER XV. 

MARKS AND BRANDS. 

Sec 130. (8490). Branding animals. — If a person 
marks or brands his hogs, sheep, or cattle, he must have a 
different brand than his neighbor. He also must deliver a 
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court, and the county clerk shall record such mark or brand in 
a hook kept for that purpose. 

Sec. 131. (8491). Brand disputed.-^-!! a dispute should 

arise as to whose a certain mark or brand is, it shall be decided 
by the record of the county clerk. 

Sec 132. (8492). Only one brand to be used. — A person 
is allowed to use only one brand for his stock, and any child 
of such person whether it is his own or an adopted child, if such 
child is under age and owns any stock, such stock shall be 
branded with the same brand as his parent's brand. 

Sec. 133. (8493). Penalty for using brand that is not 
recorded. — If any person uses a mark or brand different than 
the one he has recorded or if he uses more than one brand or 
mark, or allows his child or servant to use a different mark, 
he shall forfeit the stock branded and the value of such st03k 
besides. 

Sec. 134. (8494). Penalty for changing mark. — If any 
person alter the brand or mark on the animal of another 
person^ he shall be liable to a forfeit of not more than one 
hundred dollars for each animal whose mark or brand he has 
changed. 

Sec 135. (8495). Penalty for mismarlxing. — If any 
person willfully, and with the intention to defraud, brands or 
marks stock that belongs to another person, he shall pay a 
forfeit of five dollars over and above the value of such stock 
branded. 

Sec 136. (8496). Duty of person hilling stock. — If a 
person kills any hog, sheep, or cattle that is running at large, 
he shall, within three days, if it is a hog, show the head and 
ears, if it is a sheep or cattle, he is to show the hide, to a 
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township; if he does not do this he is subject to a penalty of 
ten dollars. 

(8499). Xo one has a right to adopt a mark or brand 
by which one or both ears are to be taken off, or to so badly 
mangle the ears as to destroy them. Any person who so marks 
his stock in this way shall be subject to a forfeit of one 
hundred dollars. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

PERSOXAL PROPERTY. 

Sec. 137. (4432). Partition of personal property. — If 
two or more persons own personal property together, it may be 
divided or sold and the money divided among them; this may 
be done at the request of either party. If the owners can not 
agree as to how it should be divided, it then must be divided 
by the circuit court. 

CHAPTEE XVII. 

ROADS AXD HIGHWAYS. 

Sec 138. (9411). Width of road.— All public roads of 
this state shall not be less than thirty and not more than sixty 
feet wide. 

Sec. 139. (9412). Road to he cleared of trees, limbs and 
stumps. — If any tree or limb is in a public road so that it will 
interfere with travel, or discommode a traveler it shall be 
cleared from the road; and all stumps shall be grubbed or cut 
below the surface of the ground, and wet places and stream- 
shall be so fixed or bridged so the public can pass over in 
safety. 

Sec. 140. (9414-10343). Application for new road.— 
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be made by petitioning the county court and signed by at least 
twelve freeholders of the township touched by said road, and 
at least three of the petitioners must be from the immediate 
a icinity of the road, the petition must state the place of begin- 
ning and ending of said road, and at least two points along 
such road; also that said road shall run along surveyed lines as 
near as practicable, also the petition shall contain the names 
of all resident persons who own land through which the road 
passes, and the amount of damages they claim, as near as can 
be found, and also the names of those persons who are willing 
to give their land through which said road will run. In 
counties where there is township organization, a road may b? 
opened, or changed or closed by a petition of at least twelve 
householders of the township who live within three miles of 
such road, this petition is to be presented to the township board, 
but copies of such petition shall be posted up on at least three 
of the most public places in the township, stating when the 
petition will be heard by the board; this must be done at 
least twenty days before the petition will be heard. 

In counties where there is no township organization, notice 
that the application will be made, shall be put up in at least 
three of the most public places in the township or townships, 
one is to be put up at the beginning of the road and one at the 
end; these are to be put up at least twenty days before the 
first day of the regular term of the county court at which 
the petition is presented. 

Sec. 141. (9416). Bemonstranee. — A remonstrance may 
be presented to the county court, asking that the road should 
not be opened or changed as the case may be, this remonstance 
is to be signed by at least twelve landowners residing in the 
township or townships through which the new road is to run, 



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or the road to be changed is located, three of the petitioners 
must be from the immediate neighborhood; and witnesses are 
to be produced to show the necessity, practicability, and 
damages of said road, and if the court, after hearing the testi- 
mony, be of the opinion that the facts in the case justify the 
location or change of the road at the expense of the county, 
then the road is to be opened or changed as the case may be, 
but if the court decides otherwise then the case is to be dis- 
missed, but if the petitioners pay into the county treasury 
the amount of damages likely to occur to the landowners in 
opening or changing the road, the court is then to order the 
road opened. 

Sec. 142. (9422). Road caves in. — If the bank of a 
river or creek caves in, on which a road is located, and the 
cave-in interferes with travel or makes it unsafe, the county 
road commissioner shall locate and open a new road, aaid 
appoint three freeholders to assess the damages of the new 
road to the land over which it is located. 

Sec. 143. (9424-9446). Working roads in co-unties not 
under township organization. — The law in regard to working 
the roads in counties where there is no township organization 
is as follows: In the month of January, 1900, the county 
court is to divide the county into road districts; these districts 
are to contain not less than nine sections, and not to exceed 
one township; for each district the court is to appoint a board 
of three road commissioners, one to serve one year, one to 
serve two years, and one to serve three years, and when any 
one's time expires, another one is to be appointed for three 
years. Any one to be qualified as road commissioner must 
be a voter, a landowner and lived in the district one year before 
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and every year thereafter, they are to meet and organize by 
appointing one of their members president, and one of them' 
clerk; they are to receive no pay for their work, except the 
clerk, who gets ten dollars per year; then they are to meet on 
or before the first day of March to consider the work of 
repairing necessary to be done for the whole year, and to make 
arrangements to have this work done, but before this meeting 
is held they are to give ten days' notice of the time and place 
of such meeting, this notice is to be posted up in five public 
places in the district. When the board is organized the county 
court is to have delivered to the board all the tools and prop- 
erty that belongs to the territory which is in such district. 
The board has entire control over such road to construct, repair 
and improve it, and shall keep it in good repair, and for this 
purpose may employ laborers, hire teams, rent, lease or buy 
tools, implements, machinery, and all things necessary to work 
such roads; or they may let the work out by contract to the 
lowest responsible bidder. If the work is left to a contractor 
he is to give a bond in double the amount of the contract price, 
this bond is given for security to do good work. The clerk 
shall keep a full and complete record of contracts made at 
their meeting, of all money paid and to whom, and for what 
purpose, and keep a record of all the tools and property 
belonging to the district. The board shall make a report to 
the county court at the regular November term, this report 
is to state the amount of money received, date when received 
and from where received; and the amount paid out, to whom 
and for what purpose, and date of payment, and shall report 
all tools, machinery and property of the district; this report 
is to be sworn to by the president and the clerk of the board; 
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be inspected by any one. The county court is to furnish 
the board a plat of the district, showing the boundaries and 
roads of the district. The board is to do their best to keep 
the roads in good repair during the entire year, and do at least 
three-fourths of the grading before the first of August in each 
year. The board can not employ any of its members to do 
road work, or to hire any of their own tools, or teams, or buy 
material of any of them for road purpose. The county court 
is to levy a poll tax on all male inhabitants over twenty-one 
and under sixty years old; this tax is not to be less than one 
dollar and fifty cents nor more than three dollars per year, 
and a tax upon real and personal property of not less than 
live and no more than twenty-five cents on one hundred dollars 
valuation. The clerk of each district is to furnish the county 
clerk a list of all the male persons in his district who are over 
twenty-one and under sixty years old. Delinquent taxpayers 
may be sued and no property is exempt from being taken for 
taxes. Any taxpayer may pay his poll tax to the board either 
in work or money. The board may enter upon the land next 
to the road or near to the road for the purpose of opening any 
ditch to drain the road, or to get necessary material for the 
road such as stone, earth, or timber, the owner of such prem- 
ises is to receive reasonable pay for any damage and for 
material taken; if the owner and the board can not agree on 
the damage done and value of the material taken, then the 
board is to appoint three landowners to assess the damages 
and the value of the material taken. All bridges costing less 
than fifty dollars are to be constructed by the board, and those 
costing fifty dollars or more are to be constructed by the 
county. Thrifty shade or ornamental trees are not to be 
destroyed in working the roads. The board is to keep up 
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Sec. 144. (9447). Change of road. — If a road runs 
through a person's land, and he wishes to have it changed, 
he is to petition the county court as in case of a new road, and 
if the county court is satisfied, and the person over whose land 
the changed road is to run is satisfied, and the person who asks 
for the road to be changed, pays all damages, then the county 
court is to proceed to change the road. This is in counties 
not under township organization. 

Sec. 145. (9448). Road may be vacated. — Any twelve 
landowners of any township or townships through which a 
road passes, may apply to the county court to have it vacated 
or closed if it is an unreasonable burden to keep it in repair, 
the petition is to be read publicly on the first day of the term 
of at which it is presented, then notice is to be placed up in 
three public places in the township or townships where the 
road is; this notice must be placed up at least twenty days 
before the next term of court, and a copy of the notice must 
be presented personally to those persons whose land is crossed 
by the road, then if there is no remonstrance signed by at 
least twelve landowners, then the court may close such road, 
but if there is a remonstrance presented to the court and still 
the court decides to close the road, and those who signed the 
remonstrance shall pay the court costs. If the road that is 
vacated has not been open more than five years then the peti- 
tioners to have it closed are to pay all costs and damages 
connected with the road in opening it, if it has been open more 
than five years, then this is not to be paid by them. [This 
section applies to counties not under township organization]. 

Sec. 146. (9454-10354). Obstruction of road. — No one 
is allowed to obstruct willfully and knowingly, any public 
road, by throwing in any brush or trees, or by constructing a 



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fence across it, or obstructing it in any way; any one doing 
this is liable to a fine not less than five dollars and no more 
than one hundred dollars and besides this fine, if he does not 
remove said obstruction within five days after he has received 
notice from the road overseer to remove it he shall be fined 
five dollars per day for each day thereafter that he neglects 
to remove it, but a person may, in trimming hedge, throw 
the brush along the side of the road where the hedge is, but 
this brush must be removed within twenty days. In counties 
having township organization the penalty for obstructing a 
public road is not less than twenty dollars, and for each day 
that he neglects to remove the obstruction after he has 
received notice, it is considered a new offense, and subject to 
the same fine as for putting the obstruction in the road. 

Sec. 147. (9458). Meeting vehicles on road. — If a per- 
son with a vehicle of any kind meets on the public road 
another person who has a vehicle, the rule in regard to turning 
out is, that each must turn to the right of the center of the 
road; if a person does not turn out and there is any injury 
done, the person who caused the injury, is liable to a penalty 
of five dollars for refusing to turn out, but a person who has 
a heavy load need not turn out when he meets a person who has 
an empty wagon. 

Sec 148. (9449). Guide-boards injured. — If any per- 
son willfully breaks, injures, removes or destroys any mile- 
post, guide-board, mile-stone, which has been erected by order 
of the law, on a public road, or if he change any inscription 
on any guide-board, mile-stone, or mile-post, or if he plows 
up, tears up, or in any way mutilates any public road without 
being ordered to do so by the road overseer, such person is 
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ten dollars. But a person may plow along the road to destroy 
"weeds and plow for the purpose of cultivating his hedge; in 
such a case he is doing no wrong and therefore he can not be 
fined. 

Sec. 149. (Chapter 16S; Article 14). Boad law in 
counties having township organization. — The road overseer 
of each district shall have the care and the superintendency 
of roads and bridges and keep them in good repair; he is to 
have all bridges built that do not cost more than twenty-five 
dollars, and all bridges that cost over twenty-five dollars,, and 
not more than fifty dollars are to be built by order of the 
township board, and all bridges that cost more than fifty dollar 
are to be built by order of the county court. The road over- 
seer shall put up guide-boards whenever the township board 
shall so direct. The township board of directors shall have 
power to buy all plows, scrapers, and implements necessary to 
work the roads. The road overseer of each road district shall 
make out a list of names of all persons in their road districts 
that are subject to work on the road, this list is to be made out 
and filed with the township clerk between the first and fifteenth 
day of April, the clerk is to present it to the township board at 
their next meeting, the board shall then assess the number of 
days work each is to do. 

The township board shall have power to assess a tax, upon 
all taxable property for road purposes, the tax not to be less 
than ten and no more than forty cents on one hundred dollars 
valuation, and the board shall require of each person who is 
subject to work on the roads, to work not less than one day and 
no more than three days on the road. This last is a poll tax. 
It shall be the duty of the road overseer to keep the roads in his 
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fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of August each 
year. He is to give at least two days' notice of the time and 
place where the person is to work, and what implements he is 
to bring. He is to collect all fines for road purposes. He 
is to deliver to the township board or file in the township 
clerk's office when his time expires for which he was elected 
or when he gives up his office, a correct list of all money 
paid out and received by him, the date when received, from 
whom and for what purpose, also the amount paid out, to 
whom and for what purpose, and the amount still in his pos- 
session if there is any: he shall make a certified statement 
under affidavit, of all real property in his district on which 
there is road taxes due and still unpaid and the amount 
thereof. He shall give a correct list of all labor due and still 
unpaid. The township clerk is to give to each road overseer 
a list of all property in the district and the owners thereof, 
and the number of days each person has to work. Every 
person is to work the number of days for which he is assessed, 
but he may, if he prefers, pay his tax at the rate of one dollar 
for each day he is to work, this is to be paid to the road over- 
seer: if any person pays, in the place of working his taxes out. 
lie must pay within twenty-four hours after he has been 
notified to work on the road. 

Every overseer has the power to require a team, cart, wagon, 
or plow, with a pair of horses or oxen and a man to manage 
them, this may lie required of any one who has two or more 
days to work on the road and has not paid it; and for every 
day he works with them he shall be credited the same as 
though he had worked two days without them. In working 
on the road, a day's work is eight hours: when a person i- 
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a substitute. The overseer shall receive one dollar and fifty 
cents for each day he is employed in the discharge of his duty. 
If the township board sees fit they may let the working of the 
roads by contract, and if they let the work to contractors, the 
road taxes are then to be paid in place of being worked out. 
If the working of the road is let to contractors, then the work 
must be completed by the first day of September. If a per- 
son who is subject to work on the roads, has been notified, and 
he fails to appear to work the roads and also does not pay it 
in place of work, or if he appears to work and does the work 
in an unsatisfactory manner that the overseer discharges him, 
he shall pay at the rate of two dollars per day for each clay he 
was subject to work, or in plainer words, he must pay double 
the amount of the taxes he was to work out. 

The township board may lay out a new road, close an old 
one or change a road, if petitioned by at least twelve house- 
holders of the township that live within three miles of the 
road to be opened, closed or changed, the petition is to describe 
the road, and, if it is one to be changed or any part of it to be 
changed, then the petition is to describe the part to be changed, 
and if it is to lay out a new road, the petition is to name the 
owners of the land over which the road is to pass, if their names 
are known, the petition is also to state the places where the 
road is to begin and end, and at least two points on said road, 
also the road must run along government surveys as near as 
practicable. Before this petition is presented to the township 
board, copies of it must be posted up in at least three of the 
most public places in the township, also stating when the 
petition will be heard by the township board; these copies 
must be posted up at least twenty days before the township 
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A remonstrance may be presented to the township board 
signed by at least twelve householders; and witnesses may be 
produced showing that the road will be of a great expense and 
also that the road will not be practicable, the township board 
shall hear both parties and then determine as to whether the 
road is to be opened or not. An appeal- may be taken from 
the township board to the county court, within thirty days. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

STRAY. 

Sec 150. (10137). Stray animal posted. — Xo person 
shall post any animal as a stray until he has first given thirty 
days notice of his intention to post such animal as a stray, and 
this notice shall be given within two days after the animal was 
taken up, but if a stray animal breaks through a lawful fence 
into another person's enclosure, such animal may be taken up 
as a stray immediately and posted as such. A person who is 
not a householder can not take up a stray unless he first enter 
into a bond to double the value of the animal to be taken up; 
also no unbroken animal is to be taken up as a stray between 
the first day of April and the first day of ^November, unless, 
of course, the animal should break into another person's 
enclosure. 

Sec. 151. (10139). Stray taken up. — If any horse or 
mule, liable to be taken up, be found on any plantation and 
the person who occupies the same refuses to take up the animal, 
then any householder of the county may give the person who 
occupies the land, five days' notice in writing of his intention 
of taking up said stray, and at the end of this time he may 
take up the animal the same as if it were on his own land. 

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When a person gives notice that a certain animal will be 
taken up as a stray., these notices must be put up in at least 
three public places in the township where the animal i$ found, 
and a copy must be forwarded to the county clerk at least 
thirty days before the animal is posted; this notice is to give a 
description of the animal, stating size, color, age, sexj marks 
and brands, and shall also state, that if the owner of the animal 
does not claim and prove the same within thirty days, the 
animal will be posted before some justice of the peace of the 
county. 

Sec. 153. (10141). Duty of taker-up. — If no person 
claim and prove said animal within thirty days, then the 
taker-up shall go before some justice of the peace of the county, 
and file a copy of the notice which he had posted up, and make 
affidavit that the animal was taken up on his plantation, or that 
of another person. 

Sec. 154. (10162). Stray used. — A person who has 
taken up a stray may use or work it with care and moderation, 
but he shall not remove it from the county for more than five 
clays at a time, under a penalty of twenty dollars. 

Sec. 155. (10164). Stray claimed. — AVhen notice has 
been set up that the animal will be posted as a stray, the 
owner of the animal may claim and. prove it, and" he will be 
entitled to take it away if he pays the person who took up the 
animal, the fees allowed and a reasonable amount for keeping 
the animal. 

Sec. 156. (10170). Fees for taking up. — For taking up 
any horse, mule, or cattle, the fees are twenty-five cents; for 
taking up any hog, sheep or goat twelve and one-half cents, 
and for each affidavit filed before a justice fifty cents; for 
putting up notices, one dollar and twenty-five cents, and for 
transmitting the notice for publication twenty-five cents. 



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MISCELLANEOUS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

WEIGHT OF BUSHEL. 

Sec. 157. (10576). The following is the weight per 
bushel of the article named : 

Wheat 60 pounds 

Beans . . 60 pounds 

Clover seed 60 pounds 

Irish potatoes 60 pounds 

Peas 60 pounds 

Sph*+ peas 60 pounds 

Eye 56 pounds 

Corn, shelled 56 pounds 

Flax seed 56 pounds 

Corn, shucked 70 pounds 

Barley 48 pounds 

Oats .32 pounds 

Bran ; 20 pounds. 

Onions 57 pounds 

Peaches, dried 33 pounds 

Applis, dried 24 pounds 

Buckwheat 52 pounds 

Castor beans . 48 pounds 

Hemp seed 44 pounds 

Blue grass seed 14 pounds 



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Timothy seed 45 pounds 

Cotton seed 33 pounds 

Salt 50 pounds 

Coal .80 pounds 

Sweet potatoes 56 pounds 

Parsnips 44 pounds 

Turnips, common 42 pounds 

Carrots 50 pounds 

Rutabagas 50 pounds 

Corn meal .,50 pounds 

Millet 50 pounds 

Green peas 56 pounds 

Unshelled peas 56 pounds 

Green beans 56 pounds 

Unshelled beans 56 pounds 

Apples 48 pounds 

Peaches 48 pounds 

Pears 48 pounds 

Hungarian grass seed 48 pounds 

Malt 38 pounds 

Top onion set 28 pounds 

Red top seed 14 pounds 

Orchard grass seed 14 pounds 

Sorghum seed 42 pounds 

Osage orange seed 36 pounds 

Cucumbers 48 pounds 

Tomatoes 45 pounds 

A bushel of coke or charcoal contains 2,680 
cubic inches. 
Sec. 158. The following is a short abstract taken from 

schedule "A" of the internal revenue law in effect July 1, 



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189 S. Only such part will be here inserted as will be of use 
and interest to the farming class. 

1. Bank checks, drafts, certificates of deposits not draw- 
ing interest, or order for the payment of any sum of money 
drawn upon or issued by any bank, trust company, or any 
person or persons, company or corporation at sight or on 
demand, tax is 2 cents. 

2. Bills of exchange (inland), drafts, certificates of deposit 
drawing interest, or order for payment of any sum of money 
otherwise than at sight or on demand, or any promissory note, 
and for each renewal of the same, for a sum not exceeding 
$100, tax is 2 cents. For each additional $100 or fractional 
part of $100 in excess of $100, tax is 2 cents. 

3. Deeds,or any writing which conveys real property, the 
value of which is over $100 and not more than $500, tax is 
50 cents. For each additional $500 or fractional part thereof, 
tax is 50 cents. 

4. Leases, agreements, memorandum, or contract for the 
hire, rent, or use of land or tenement not to exceed one year, 
tax is 25 cents. Exceeding one year and not exceeding three 
years, tax is 50 cents. If exceeding three years, tax is $1.00. 

5. Mortgage, or pledge of real or personal property exceed- 
ing $1,000 and not more than $1,500, tax is 25 cents. On 
each $500 or fractional part thereof in excess of $1,500, tax 
is 25 cents. 

6. Power-of -attorney to sell or convey real property or to 
rent or lease the same, or to collect or receive rent, tax is 25 
cents. 

This refers to an agent who sells or buys land, or collects rent 
for another person. 

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inents which ought, by law, to be stamped, and the person 
does not stamp it such person is liable to a penalty of $100. 

8. The collector of the revenue may remit the penalty 
(tfiat is return it) if the stamp was omitted by mistake or 
unintentional. 

9. If any person intentionally fails to stamp any bill of ex- 
change, draft, or order, or promissory note, or if any person 
accept or pays any such draft, order, or note with the inten- 
tion of avoiding the payment of the stamp tax, such person is ' 
subject to a penalty of not more than $200. 

10. An internal revenue stamp must be canceled when it 
is affixed to an instrument, the person who uses or affixes the 
stamp is to cancel it by writing or printing the initials of his 
name and the date upon the stamp. 

11. If a person with the intention of fraud fails to cancel 
a stamp,, he is subject to a fine of not less than $50 and no 
more than $500, or be imprisoned not more than six months 
or both fined and imprisoned. 

Sec. 159. Grain, to measure. — First, to find the number 
of cubic feet in a bin or wagon bed, multiply the length, width 
and height, in feet, together, now if the number of cubic 
feet are multiplied by 1728 this gives the cubic inches in the 
bin or wagon-bed, this number divided by 2,150 gives the 
number of bushels, such as shelled corn, wheat, oats, buck- 
wheat, etc. Example : How many bushels in a wagon-bed 
10 feet long, 3 feet wide and 2 feet high ? Process : 10x3x2 
=60 cubic feet; 1728x60=103,680 cubic inches; 103,680 
^-2150=48 4S-215 bushels or nearly 4S.J bushels. 

To measure ear corn husked : Corn in the ear when of 
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to the bushel (3900 cubic inches). Good corn will require 
2| cubic feet or about 4100 cubic inches to the bushel. 

Corn of a poor quality requires 2i| cubic feet or 4300 cubic 
inches to the bushel. 

Snapped corn. To measure snapped corn find the number 
of bushels in shucked (husked) corn and deduct J for hu-k-; 
but if the corn is of a poor quality deduct % for husks. 

Sfx. 160. Hay. Hay can not be measured so that the 
exact amount can be obtained; to be perfectly accurate in find- 
ing the amount of hay it must be weighed. If the following 
rules be used in measuring hay the quantity will be practically 
correct. Good timothy hay thoroughly settled will take about 
350 cubic feet for a ton. If it is only partly settled it will 
take from 100 to 450 cubic feet for a ton. Xew hay will take 
500 cubic feet for a ton. Clover and timothy hay mixed will 
take about 450 cubic feet for a ton, if settled. Clover hay 
will take 550 cubic feet for a ton. Timothy hay on the wagon 
will take 540 cubic feet for a ton. To find the number of 
tons divide the number of cubic feet in the mow, stack, or 
wagon by the number of cubic feet in a ton. 

To find the number of cubic feet in a square stack or rick, 
first find the number of feet from the base to the place where 
the stack begins to slant in, then take % of the remaining 
height and add it to the first height, then multiply the height, 
width and length together. Then to find the number of tons 
divide the number of cubic feet by the number of cubic feet 
in a ton. Example : How many tons in a rick 30 feet long, 
16 feet wide, 8 feet high to the place where the stack slants 
in, and the remaining height is 6 feet? Process: 
% of 6 feet=2 feet; 8 feet+2 feet=10 feet; 30x16x10 
—4800, number of cubic feet in stack. Xow if the rick is 



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clover and timothy mixed, divide by 450. 4S00-HL50=10% 
tons. Some ricks slant in a little from the base, in such a 
case, take % of the height of the stack and multiply this by 
the length and width. Example : Height of stack 14 feet, 
length 30 feet, width 16 feet, % of 14=9%. Then num- 
ber of cubic feet equal 30x16x9^=4380. 4380-^-450= 
9% tons, if clover and timothy mixed. 

To find the number of tons in a circular stack, first find the 
number of feet in the circumference of the stack and multiply 
this by itself, then divide this by 12^ and this result multiply 
by I/3 of the height of the stacks; this gives the number of 
cubic feet in stack. Example : How many ton in a round, 
or circular stack 50 feet in circumference and 15 feet high? 
Process: 50x50 = 2500; y s of 15 = 5; 2500 -=- 12£ 
=200; 200x5=1000 cubic feet. If the stack contains good 
timothy hay thoroughly settled, then 1000-1-350=2 6-7 tons. 

Sec. 161. Government surrey. — The system of the United 
States government surveys is a very superior one. A short 
description of it will be given here; it is as follows: A line 
is established running east and west; this is called a base line, 
then every six miles north and south of this line are other 
lines established, running east and west or parallel with the 
base line, these are the township lines; for measuring east and 
west, lines are established running north and south called 
principal meridians and every six miles east and west from the 
principal meridians are other lines established running north 
and south; these are the range lines; the township lines and the 
range lines are six miles apart, and the land bounded by these 
lines is called congressional township' and is six miles square 
and contains 36 sections. The townships are numbered north 
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base line is township No. 1 north, the second is township No. 
2 north, and so on; the first township south of the base line is 
township No. 1 south; the second is township No. 2 south, 
and so on. 

Ranges §re numbered east and west from the principal 
meridians; the first range west of principal meridian is range 
No. 1 west; the second range west, is range No. 2 west, and 
so on. The first range east of principal meridian is range No. 
1 east; the second range east is range No. 2 east, and so on. 
A township is located by the number of range and township. 

A township is divided into 36 parts, each part is called a 
section which is one mile square; each section is numbered, 
the numbering is begun in the northeast corner section of 
the township and numbered west, then the next tier (row) of 
sections south is numbered east and so on the numbering is 
continued west and east, ending with section No. 36 which 
is in the southeast corner of the township. A section contains 
640 acres; the section is usually divided into four parts called 
quarter sections, each part containing 160 acres, and each 
quarter section may again be divided, and if so it usually is 
divided into halves or quarters; if into halves each contains 80; 
if into quarters each part will contain 40 acres. Sometimes a 
tract of land is located by metes and bounds; that is, beginning 
at a certain point and measuring a certain distance to another 
point, and so on till the land is bounded. The following will 
illustrate the system of surveying in Missouri : 



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CHAPTEE XX. 



SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT. 



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Sec. 162. (Chapter 151; Article 10). The following 
section refers to roads in districts called special road districts : 
Any territory not larger than six miles square in which is a 
city of the third class, that is, a city having 3,000 or more 
inhabitants and less than 30,000, and which city is not organ- 
ized under a special charter, such territory may be organized 
into a special road district; the roads in this district are in 
charge of a board of three road commissioners. The board 
serves without pay. They are to keep the roads in good 
repair and erect bridges. They are to erect all bridges that 
do not cost more than $100. All bridges or repairing of 
bridges costing more than $100 are to be built or repaired by 
the county. All male inhabitants of the district over 21 and 
under 60 years old are to pay a poll tax of $2.50. The board 
may plant, cultivate, and protect ornamental and shade trees, 
and erect sign boards. 

CHAPTEE XXI. 

MUNICIPAL TOWXSHIP FOR ROAD PURPOSE. 

Sec. 163. (Chapter 151; Article 3). Each municipal 
township in counties where there is no township organization, 
may organize into a road district for road purpose only. The 
roads of the district are in charge of a board of three commis- 
sioners, and one commissioner is chosen supervisor of the roads. 
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erected by the township and those costing $100 or more are 
to be erected by the county. All road tax levied on property 
in the township is to be paid in money. The commissioners 
are to receive no pay for their services except the supervisor, 
who is to receive $2.00 per day for each day he is actually 
employed. 



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INDEX. 



The numbers used in the index refer to sections in the book. 

SECTION. 

Agent to rent land 158 

Aliens 1 

Animals, branded 130 

Animals, dead to be removed 8, 91A 

Animals, diseased not to run at large 10 

Animals, registering 11 

Animals, not to run at large 12 

Animals, driven along road 17 

Animals, kept from running at large 18 

Animals, restrained in certain townships 19 

Animals, deformed not to run at large 24 

Animals, diseased, how disposed of 35 

Animals, held for costs 36 

Animal, may be killed 37 

Animals, mischievous 46 

Animals, killed or wounded 65 

Animals, cruelly injured 66 

Animals, put in well, stream or road 74 

Animals, mistreated 79 

Animals, injuring 102 

Animals, stray, posted 150, 152 

Animals, stray, taken up 151 

Animal, stray, claimed 153, 155 



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Animal, stray, used 154 

Animal, taken up, fee 156 

Appraisers 13, 39 

Arrest, without warrant 56 

Attachment for rent, when 123 

Betting on election 73 

Boars, castrated 7 

Bond given . 38 

Brand or mark changed 52 

Branding animals 130 

Brand disputed 131 

Brand to be used, only one 132 

Brand, penalty for using 133 

Brand, penalty for changing 134 

Brand, penalty for mismarking 135 

Brand, what not a lawful one 136 

Bridges 26, 27, 28, 113, 149, 162, 163 

Bridges, destroyed 57 

Bulls, castrated 7 

Bushel, weight of 157 

Carrying deadly weapons 48 

Cattle, diseased, not to run at large 30 

Cattle, diseased, confined 34 

Cattle, may be sold 41 

Cattle, poisoning 64 

Cattle, driven away . 91 

Cattle, herding ,29 

Checkes, stamped 158 

Church building injured 62 

Contagious diseased animals 9 

Contracts and promises. 43 



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section. 

Costs agreed on 40 

Corn, to measure 159 

Crop to stand good for the rent 122 

Damages assessed 13 

Damages from Southern cattle 32, 33 

Dams destroyed 57 

Dead animals removed 8 

Deeds stamped 158 

Destroying bridges, dams 57 

Destroying land-mark 58 

Destroying mile-post 59 

Diseased animals not to run at large 9, 30 

Diseased cattle 30, 32 

Diseased horses running at large 86 

Diseased sheep 88 

Disturbing the peace 68 

Disturbing religious meeting 69 

Division fence 103 

Division fence kept in repair 107 

Division fence moved 108 

Dogs 90 

Employer interfered with 67 

Engines meeting vehicles 27, 28 

Engines moved on road 26, 28 

Fees, by whom paid 15 

Fees, for viewers 106 

Fence not necessary, lawful 16 

Fences 97 

Fences sufficient 98, 99 

Fence division 103 



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SECTION". 

Fence, value disagreed on > 104 

Fence, division for repair 105 

Fence, division kept in repair 107 

Fence, division moved 108 

Fraud in registering animals 11 

Fruit destroyed 55 

Game and fish protected 82 

Grain to measure 159 

Grand larceny 50 

Guide-boards 143, 149, 162 

Guide-board injured, destroyed 59, 148 

Hay, to measure 160 

Hedge protected . 109, 110 

Hedge, to be trimmed 113 

Hedge trimmed by road overseer 115 

Herding cattle 29 

Hogs not to run at large 20 

Hogs taken up 22, 23 

Holidays 25 

Horse, diseased, running at large 86 

Horses running on road 71 

Hunting on another's land 81 

Injuring buildings 62 

Injuring property 54 

Interest on interest 129 

Interest rate 127 

Joint debt 44 

Land located 160 

Land-mark destroyed 58 

Land-owner may take possession, when 125 



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SECTION. 

Larceny 50, 51 

Lease, stamped 158 

Legal tender 126 

Liquor sold near meeting 70 

Malicious mischief 53 

Materia] taken for road 143 

Measuring corn 159 

Measuring grain 159 

Measuring hay 160 

Meeting engines 27, 28 

Meeting vehicles on road 147 

Mile-post destroyed 59 

Mistreating animals 79 

Mortgage stamped 158 

Non-resident not to kill game 84 

Notes stamped 158 

Notice to leave rented place 119 

Oath taken by appraisers 14 

Partition of personal property 137 

Personal property divided 137 

Percent, eight 128 

Poison in food or drink 47 

Poisoning cattle 64 

Poll tax 143, 149, 162 

Poisoning wells 75 

Poisoning fish 85 

Property exempt from execution 92, 93 

Property may be selected 94 

Property taken for tax 95 

Property, injuring 54 



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Quail and prairie chicken netted 83 

Earns not to run at large 6 

Rams castrated 7 

Registering animals 11 

Remonstance 141, 149 

Renter to leave, when 116, 119 

Renter liable when time expires 117 

Renter not to assign 118 

Renter for less than one year 120 

Renter need not be notified, when 121 

Rent attachment for, when 123 

Renter re-rents to another 124 

Revenue stamps 158 

Roads, width of 138 

Roads to be cleared 139 

Road, application for 140 

Road caves in 142 

Roads, working of 149, 143 

Road commissioners 143 

Roads, municipal township 163 

Roads, special district 162 

Road changed 144, 149 

Road vacated 145 

Road obstructed 146 

Road, meeting vehicles on 147 

Roads in counties having township organization 149 

Road overseers 149 

Road to be opened ■ 149 

Running horses on road 71 

Sabbath breaking 77 

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School building injured 62 

Servant may take any property for wages 96 

Sheep not to run at large 20 

Sheep taken up 22, 23 

Sheep diseased 88 

Slaughter houses 76 

Southern cattle . . . 31, 32 

Stallion and unaltered mule 3,4, 5 

Stamp canceled 158 

Stamps, revenue 158 

Stamps not applied, penalty 158 

Stock with disease 9 

Stock taken up 100 

Stock killed, duty of person 136 

Stray animal posted 150 

Stray animal taken up 151, 152 

Stray animal claimed 153, 155 

Stray animal used 154 

Sunday working 78 

Surveying system 160 

Texas cattle with fever 87 

Timber, cutting or destroying 60, 61 

Township board 149 

Trapping 80 

Trees destroyed 55 

Trees protected 143, 162 

Trimming hedges 113, 114 

Viewers appointed 101 

Vote by joining townships 21 

Weapons 48 

Weapons may be carried, by whom 49 



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SECTION. 

Weight of bushel 159 

Wells, streams, poisoned 75 

Woman married to alien 2 

Woods set on fire 63, 89 

Written contracts 45 



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