THE IMPOUNDING OF CATTLE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 5, 1 March 1849, Page 4

THE IMPOUNDING OF CATTLE.

1. It shall be lawful for any person, or the the agent, bailiff, or servant of any person upon whose land enclosed by a fence, and within any such district as aforesaid, any cattle, the owner whereof shall be known toi him, may be found trespassing, to impound and detain the same in any convenient place upon his lands, if he shall think fit to to do, provided that he shall, within twenty-four hours of such impounding, give or cause to be given to the owner of the said cattle, the like notice as is hereinafter required to be given to the keeper of any public pound by any person sending cattlo thereto. And provided, also, that he shall feed and maintain the same cattle whilst so impounded, and shall not keep them so impounded longer than three whole days of twenty-four hours each ; but shall, at the expiration of such three days, if not sooner released, upon payment of his lawful charges, drive or cause the samo to be driven to tho nearest public pound, and lodged therein, in manner hereinafter mentioned; Provided, also, that any person impounding cattle on his own land as aforesaid, or his agent, bailiff, or servant, shall not ho entitled to demand or receive any compensation for damage done by the said cattle, save and except for such damage as was done before tfieir first-mentioned impounding, or any fee or charge for such impounding, except such as shall by law be chargeable by the keeper of the nearest public pound, for feeding and maintaining, 2. It shall also be lawful for any person, or the agent, bailiff, or servant of any person upon whose land so enclosed, and being within any such district, as aforesaid, any cattle shall be found trespassing, to drive or lodge, or /cause the same to be driven or lodged, in the public pound nearest to the said land, and the person impounding any such cattle shall specify in writing to the keeper of the said pound the number and kinds of the cattle impounded, and the name of the owner, if he be known, or supposed owner, or that ho is wholly unknown, the place where the said cattle were trespassing, and the amount of damages claimed for the trespass, 3, In case the person sustaining any such damage shall be of the Native Race, it shall bo lawful for the said Justices in like manner to award compensation, although the land trespassed upon shall not be substantially fenced. Provided always, that it shall be lawful forliis Excellency lhe Governor by Proclamation from time to lime to declare certain Districts wilhin which persons of the Native Race shall not be entitled to recover compensation, unless the land trespassed upon shall be substantially fenced, and the limits of such Districts from time to time to alter, as occasion may require, and also, if he shall see fit, to revoke the Proclamation by which any Buch District shall have been declared.

Poundage Fees.

The above Charges to be paid for each day, or part of a day, during which the animal is supplied with food and water by the Poundkeeper, but the owner jmay supply food and waier, in which case these charges are not to be made.

£ 8. d. For each Entire Horse, above tho 2 6 For each Mare, Gelding, Colt, Filly,-' , Foal, Mule, Ass, Goat, and Pig 0 1 0 For each Bull, above the age of 12 2 6 For each Ox, Cow, Stecr,Heifer, or 0 0 Ditto, ditto, Tor the next ten .... 0 0 4 0 3 Ditto, ditto, all others above thirty 0 0 2 For each Ram, above the age of 9 1 0 For each Ewe, Wether, or Lamb, 0 2 0 1* 0 1 Ditto, ditto, all others above one 0 Oi The above Fees to be paid for each i da; v, or part of a day, during which ths ai lien; il is kept in Found. Cimroes fob Food, £ ! i. d. For every Horse, Mare, Gelding, Mule, Ass, Colt, Filly, or Filly i 0 1 0 For eviry Dull, Cow, Ox, Steer, 0 0 6 For every Calf, under six vnonths 0 0 1

For every Sheep or Lamb 0 0 1 For every Goat 0 0 •2 For every Boar, Sow, or other Pig 0 0 6