ART. 34.] ESTRAYS—VESSELS ADRIFT—DRIFT LOGS. 679

and the location of the enclosure on which said estray was taken
up, and the name of the owner or occupant thereof, and shall
cause written or printed copies of such notice to be set up in not
less than three of the public places in the neighborhood. This
section not to apply to Dorchester county, as to which a different
provision is made by the local laws of that county.

F. G. L., (1860,) art. 36, sec. 3. 1882, ch. 162.

2. If there be no newspaper published in the county where
said estray shall have been taken up, or if the value of said estray
shall not exceed ten dollars, the newspaper publication provided
for in the foregoing section may be omitted; provided, that
written or printed notices be set up as required by section 1, and
that the valuation of any estray be ascertained by due care, and
in good faith, by the person who shall have taken up the same.

Ibid. sec. 4. 1769, ch. 18, sec. 2.

3. If the owner of an estray demands it, and shall prove, by
one credible witness examined before a justice of the peace of
the county, his title thereto, the same shall be delivered to him
on his paying the expenses incurred by the person taking up such
estray and keeping the same, including the cost of advertising.

Ibid. sec. 5. 1769, ch. 18, sec. 2.

4. If no person claims an estray within three months after the
same shall have been advertised as aforesaid, then the person
taking up the same shall apply to a justice of the peace of the
county, who, upon being satisfied that the notices hereinbefore
directed have been given, shall order him to sell the same at
public sale on ten days' notice, to be set up at three of the most
public places of the neighborhood; and after deducting from the
proceeds of sale all expenses incident to taking up, keeping,
advertising and selling such estray, the residue shall be retained
by the person selling the same, unless the owner of such estray
shall, within twelve months from the time of sale, claim such
residue, and prove before some justice of the peace that he is
entitled thereto.

Ibid sec. 6. 1769, ch. 18, sec. 3.

5. If any person shall take up an estray of the value of ten
dollars, and shall fail to comply with the provisions of the pre-