§ 34 — Publication of notice of impounding

Massachusetts § 34

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part I: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Title VII: CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
• Ch. 49: FENCES, FENCE VIEWERS, POUNDS AND FIELD DRIVERS

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Section 34. If there is no person entitled to such notice, the person impounding the beasts shall, within forty-eight hours thereafter, post a like notice in a public place in the town and in a public place in each of any two adjoining towns, if within four miles from the place where the beasts were taken; and if their value exceeds thirty dollars and no person claims them within seven days after the day of impounding, a like notice shall be published three weeks successively in a newspaper, if any, published within twenty miles of the pound, the first publication to be within fifteen days after the day of impounding.