ART. 3.] TOWSON. 265

awine, or geese, to go at large unattended in Towson, nor
within a circuit of one mile and a half around said village, taking
Willis's drug store, at the corner of Chesapeake avenue and the
Baltimore and Yorktown turnpike, as the central point.

1878, ch. 41.

255. Any person who may find any horse, mule, horned
cattle, swine or geese, going at large and unattended by a keeper,
within the limits prescribed in the preceding section, may im-
pound the same, or report the fact to some constable or deputy
sheriff, who shall impound the same, under the penalty of two
dollars for each head of stock or lot of geese he may neglect to
impound, upon information given to him; and the constable or
other person impounding any stock or geese shall, within twenty-
four hours after impounding, post up in at least three public
places within the limits above prescribed, a written or printed
description of the stock, swine or geese impounded, which written
description shall contain a notice that if the owner of the same
does not claim them within five days from the date of post-
ing such notice, the stock or geese impounded will be sold to
pay costs of impounding and damages.

Ibid.

256. If the owner of any stock or geese impounded shall
claim the same before a sale thereof, such owner shall pay to the
person impounding, one dollar for each horse, mule, hog or head
of cattle, and each lot of geese containing two or more, as a fee for
the person impounding, and one dollar per head for each day or
part of day, they may have been kept, and all costs of advertis-
ing ; and in default of paying the same, or if the owner does not
claim the stock or geese impounded within five days from the
time of posting the notices aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the
person impounding to sell the stock, swine or geese impounded,
for cash, at public sale, within said limits, upon giving four days'
notice of the time and place of sale, by written or printed bills,
to be posted in at least five public places within the above de-
scribed limits, and from the proceeds of such sale to deduct the
costs and charges hereinbefore allowed ; the costs of sale and the
penalties prescribed in the succeeding section, and the balance of