Show TIRE THE LAW A law which c re quites amending is tho the law As ag it at present it reads read see sec 4 As soon as any estraya could come into to the possession session of tho the pound keeper keever lie he shall immediately immediately advertise the same name by posting notices for a period 09 0 ten days in three of the most public places in the precinct one of 0 which said places shall lie be at or near tho the postoffice post office if there be one in the precinct ito ile shall also immediately atel y deliver it 11 copy of such to ahn th county clerk or mail the same by re registered giet ered letter postage prepaid pre paid the county clerk shall upon receipt of eaid ii otice file and preserve the sante same in his office for fora a period of six eim nion months thereafter hereafter t and shall immediately pst post a copy thereof at the front door of the county court house the notice so filed with the county clerk shall be open during reasonable hours for inspection by the public free ol of charge tile tho notice herein provided for shall contain a tion of the animals incle including aing all mai maiks ks and brands when taken and the day hour and place of sale this as it appears to us ns is of very little use in many cases in the rightful owners to recover essray es iray rays many valuable cattle annually betray front this valley into ino cache valley and vice versa besides which cattle stry stray from one precinct to another in this county the owner is obliged to make several trips looking cizl into obscure corners for such notices thereby losing much valuable time arid and his bis quest is ie often an unsuccessful one for the first violent storm is usually sufficient to blow away such euch notices we ve may say without fear of contradiction that many cattle fire are annually sold under the la law w without the owner having the least knowledge of such transaction and usually such cattle are sold for about one fourth or even less ass of their actual value the county paper having the largest g circulation should be the means used to reach the people for this pur pose peas pound keepers cannot use this means unless they partly pay for the advertising out of their own pockets for the law only allows them 1 for advertising including postage and mailing notices we N would respectfully suggest to our solons who are now in session the following amendment or something similar to the detray laws let each taker laker up of art an file a record the county clerk whose duty it ceball be to cause the same to be published in the official paper of the county for six s ls successive weeks P the date data of sale if not clai claimed by the owner mner to be specified in such notice if no owner appears to claim such bach animal ina sell it to the highest bidder ond nd lot the residue after paying all expenses be turned into the tha county treasury the publisher IS should hould be required to furnish affidavit affa afra davit of such publication when lien the alli animal is sold when tile the owner claims the animal becore dite date a of eale lie must pay all costs incurred auld rarely exceed 2 besides the ee eeling ceding ling eap exp uses B by this means the owner would oftener recover est cat rayed animals than andr r the law lair as it exists at present mid the county would be the gainer 11 1 many cases as the silea sales would bo be bettar known and better attended thus securing m re cm competition petition al at euch sales the owner of eb trays c V ul 1 cecur a copy of tho the county counte elal paper r see it if his hia animals were ad derfl lse 1 thus saving raving much valuable time now lost in visiting tho the different precincts and looking in out of the way places tor for notices |