respecting the father of such child, the time when and the place
where she was begotten with child, and such other circumstances
as the justice may deem necessary for the discovery of the truth ;
and shall thereupon issue his warrant to apprehend the reputed
father, and the same proceedings shall be thereupon had as if
complaint had been made by such female as prescribed in the fore-
going provisions of this chapter, and with the like effect; any
warrant issued under the provisions of this chapter may be exe-
cuted in any part of this state, and in all cases said supervisors
and the accused may require the attendance of such female to
testify, the same as witnesses in other cases.

Dervisors may promise with

SECTION 13. The supervisors of any town in this state shall cative father. have power to make such compromise and arrangement with the putative father of any bastard child in such town, relative to the support of such child, as they shall deem equitable and just, and thereupon may discharge such putative father from all liability for the support of such bastard.

R. S. 1858. CHAP. 39. p. 371.

n board may

nse and regushows and

ibitions.

alty for setup show or

ibition with

or contrary

icense.

authorities ities or

ges may

CHAPTER XXXIX.

OF PUBLIC SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS.

SECTION 1. The town board of any town, at any meeting held for that purpose, may license theatrical exhibitions, public shows, and such other exhibitions as they may deem proper, to which admission is obtained on payment of money, upon such terms and conditions as they shall think reasonable, and may regulate the same in such manner as they shall think necessary for the preservation of order and decorum, and to prevent any disturbance to the public peace; but no such license shall be in force for a longer time than the officers granting the same shall have been elected to office.

SECTION 2. Any person who shall set up or exhibit any such exhibition or show, without a license first obtained as provided in the preceding section, or contrary to the terms and conditions of such license, or while such license is suspended, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Chapter 96.

STION 1. No lav and exhibitions. money, shall rhage, or town a terary subjects, o ore specified obj Aved May 15th

OF STRAYS MOTION 1. No males, unless su 2me town where shall be found

SECTION 2. An thereafter, noti est such owner 3away.

SECTION 3. If within ten of with the to aken up are of up notices of e places in su of the value o re to be publis Tks successivel by posting u aces in the coun of the stray, artificial, as definder, and as

SECTION 3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the board of trustees of any incorporated at licenses. village, or the proper authorities of any incorporated city, from licensing such theatrical exhibition, public show, or other exhibition, in pursuance of the authority granted by the charter of such village or city, respectively, or the acts under which they may be incorporated, and agreeably to the ordinances and bylaws made in pursuance of the provisions of such charter or act of incorporation.

up; th

Tas taken
ach notice to th

1 Form of
To S. S. Burleson
You will take no
horse, of the age

rehead, strayed u

and now

Dated the

Taken up by t

to be given if

is unknown.

If the owner of any stray be unknown, the finder How notice is
n days after taking up the same, file a notice owner of stray
town clerk of the town, and if the stray or strays
of the value of less than five dollars, he shall also
-f the taking up of such stray, in two or more
such town; but if the stray or strays so taken up
of more than five dollars, he shall cause such
lished in some newspaper of the county, for four
ely, if one be printed therein; if there be none,
up written notices in three of the most public
unty; all said notices shall contain a brief descrip-
7, describing the same by giving marks, natural
= near as practicable, the name and residence of
as near as may be, the time at which the same
the said town clerk shall transmit a copy of every
he clerk of the board of county supervisors.1

f notice by finder of stray, to be filed with town clerk.
on, town clerk of the town of Pepin.
notice, that on or about the day of, 18—, one chest-
ge of seven years, or thereabouts, and marked with a star in his
upon my land, [or, upon land occupied by me,] in the town
ow remains thereupon; and that I reside in the said town
-day of

18-.

n value of is ten dol

made and

SECTION 4. Every finder of a stray or strays, which when appraisal to taken up are of the value of ten dollars or more, shall, within one month after taking up the same, procure an appraisal thereof by a justice of the peace of his town, which appraisal shall be certified to by such justice, and, within the time before mentioned, filed in the office of the town clerk of such town; and he shall pay to such justice fifty cents for such appraisal and certificate and six cents for every mile necessarily traveled in such service.'

er may have

y restored
in one year.

wner and

er cannot

e upon unt of

ges, a jus

8.

SECTION 5. If the owner or person entitled to the possession of any stray shall appear at any time within one year after the notice is filed with the town clerk as aforesaid, and make out his right thereto, he shall have such stray restored to him, upon⚫ paying all lawful charges which have been incurred in relation to the same."

SECTION 6. If the owner and the finder of any stray cannot agree upon the amount of such charges, or for the use of such stray, either party may make application to any justice of the shall settle peace of the town where such stray was taken up, to settle the same, and the party making such application shall give notice thereof to the other party; and if any amount shall be found due to the finder by the said justice, over the value of the use of such stray, the same shall be a lien on said stray until paid by the owner, and the costs of such adjudication shall abide the decision of the justice.

en stray to

SECTION 7. If the owner or person entitled to the possession inder without of any stray shall not appear and make out his title thereto, and

-he property

the charges the with the tow have been appr shall have a

of such stray dars, as prov shall be sold

e town, at p ereof in writing. e places in s

ad the finder ma all the lawful

the constable, recution, one-ha deposited in t

manner as

ong to the find SECTION 8. 1 foder, take away chapter, with relation to the sa such stray. SECTION 9. the same to be a if he shall negle be of the value form any of the precluded from

18-,

A. B.

the provisions for keeping the

Whereas A. B., residing in said town, has made application to the under-
signed, a justice of the peace in said town, to appraise one chestnut horse
about seven years old, with a star in his forehead, by him the said A. B., ta-
ken up as a stray: now therefore, having viewed the said horse, I do appraise
him to be worth the sum of seventy dollars.
Given under my hand, this

day of

18-.

J. L. MASHER, justice of the peace.

Form of notice of sale where stray is not redeemed.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

instant,

By virtue of the statute in such case made and provided, I shall expose to sale at public auction to the highest bidder, on the

day of

[or, next,] at o'clock in the noon, at the house of R. F., in
one chestnut horse of the age of seven years, or thereabouts, and marked with
a star in the forehead, the same being a stray found upon land owned [or, oc-
cupied,] by A. B., residing in the town of-

according to law.

Dated the

(2) Section 5, of Chapter 36, of the revised statutes (1849,) gives a lien upon an estray to the taker up. for his lawful charges, upon his compliance with the requirements of the statute.-Ford vs. Ford, 3 Wis. R., 399.

When stray

ereon, within one year from the time the notice wn clerk as aforesaid, and if such stray shall raised at a greater value than ten dollars, the perfect title to the same; but if the appraised y shall have been adjudged to be more than shall be sold, vided in the fourth section of this chapter, such and how, and how proceeds at the request of the finder, by any constable disposed of. public auction, upon first giving public notice g, by posting up the same in three of the most such town, at least ten days before such sale, ay bid therefor at such sale; and after deductA charges of the finder as aforesaid, and the fees which shall be the same as upon a sale on an alf of the remaining proceeds of such sale shall the treasury of the town, to be disposed of in the town may direct, and the other half shall der.

If any person shall, without the consent of the Penalty on any y any stray taken up pursuant to the provisions of person who shall take stray withthout first paying all the lawful charges incurred in out consent of same, he shall be liable to the finder for the value finder, &c.

vertise or pro

If the finder of any stray shall neglect to cause Penalty on finder advertised, or a notice thereof to be posted up, or for neglect to adect to procure the appraisal of any stray which shall cure appraisal. of ten dollars or more, or if he shall neglect to pere duties required of him in this chapter, he shall be acquiring any right of property in such stray by of this chapter, or receiving any damages or charges

e same.

OF LOST MONEY AND GOODS.

the finder of money or goods

0. If any person shall find any money or goods of When and how hree dollars or more, and if the owner thereof be unperson shall, within five days after finding such money to give notice e notice thereof in writing to the town clerk of the h such property was found, and shall also, within said use a notice thereof to be posted up in two public

same town.

thereof.

11. Every finder of lost goods, of the value of ten when also notice ore, shall, in addition to the requirements in the preced- to be published, and appraisal within fifteen days after finding the same, cause notice procured, &c. e published in a newspaper printed in the county, if published therein; if there be none, then such notices ted up in three of the most public places in the county; erson shall appear to claim the same who may be enti, he shall, within two months after finding such goods, using the same to their injury, procure an appraisal a justice of the peace of his town, which appraisal shall - to by such justice, and filed in the town clerk's office

vn.

what

nd on what owner to

SECTION 12. If the owner of such lost money or goods shall appear within one year after notice given to the town clerk as estitution. aforesaid, and shall make out his right thereto, he shall have restitution of the same or the value thereof, upon his paying all the costs and charges thereon, including a reasonable compensation to the finder for his trouble.

er do not

SECTION 13. If no owner shall appear within one year, then , finder to the finder of such lost money or goods shall pay one-half of the e-half of value thereof, after deducting all legal charges, to the treasurer of the town; and in case such finder shall neglect to pay the same on demand, after the expiration of the time aforesaid, the same may be sued for and recovered by the said treasurer, in the name of the town.

to town

rer.

y on finder

&c.,

value ex

SECTION 14. If any finder of lost money or goods, of the value lect to give of three dollars or upward, shall neglect to give notice of the same, and otherwise to comply with the provisions of this chapter, he three dol- shall be liable for the full value of such money or goods, one-half to the use of the town, and the other half to the person who shall sue for the same, and shall also be responsible to the owner for such lost money or goods.

S. 1858. CAP. 45. .380.

clerk on ation to marks -ands.

CHAPTER XLV.

OF MARKS AND BRANDS AND FILING CHATTEL MORTGAGES.

OF MARKS AND BRANDS.

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the town clerk of each town, on the application of any person residing in such town, to record a description of the marks or brands with which such person may be desirous of marking his horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs; but the same description shall not be recorded for more than one resident of the same town.

cy for using or brand of er, for

f another,

altering

SECTION 2. If any person shall willfully mark any of his horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, with the same mark or brand preng horses, viously recorded by any resident of the same town, and while the r destroy- same mark or brand shall be used by such resident, the person so offending shall forfeit for every such offense five dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of such county; if any person shall willfully mark or brand the horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs of any other person with his own brand or mark, the person so offending shall forfeit for every such offense ten dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the proper county; and if any person shall willfully destroy or alter any mark or brand upon any horses, cattle, sheep, or hogs, the property of another, the person so offending shall, on conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, forfeit and pay for every such offense a sum not exceeding ten dollars, and shall moreover pay to the party injured double damages.

OF

SECTION 3. A

reof may be fil ere the mortga 200-resident of

er city wher enting such m srament or cop 2 same in his of rtgages so file orded in the o SECTION 4.

led by him for truments, arra d shall note th SECTION 5. gainst the cred ent purchaser of one year fro within thirty d mortgagee, his

strument or c

the interest wh

in the

property shall indorse th SECTION 6.

beyond one ye Tise cease to b gees in good ime when any

a

P

as aforesaid, rided in the SECTION 7 thereof, so fi thereto in p whose office

but only of

received and

thereon, and

SECTION following fee For recor For givin For filing

For enter

And the

or affidavits

registers of