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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0219_0003thereof, to the satisfaction of the fees and expenses provided for in Section 7 hereof, and shall pay the balance% if any remains, to the owner of such stock. The Marshal shall receive for his services in making such sale the same compensation as is allowed in Constables` sales of personal property in this State. Section 9. If the owner of any such stock so impounded is unknown, then the marshal shall give notice of such im- pounding, fully describing such stock in such notice, by publishing same one time in a newspaper published in this City, and if the owner, or person in charge thereof, does not appear and pay the fees and expenses provided for in Section 7 hereof, together with the expense of the publication of such notice, within five days after the date of such pub- lication, then the marshall shall sell said stock in the manner provided in Section 8 hereof, and if there is any of the proceeds of such sale remaining after the pW ment of all fees, coats and expenses, then such remainder shall be deposited with the city treasurer and any time within two years after such sale such remainder may be paid to the owner of such stock at the time of their sale, upon such owner making sat- isfactory proof to the City Council that he was the owner of such stock at the time of the sale, but if such owner of such stock does not appear and re ke such proof of ownership within such two years, then at the expiration of such two years such remainder shall become the property of the city and shall be paid into the general fund of said city; or when the owner of any such impounded stock is unknown, the marshall may, if he deems it best, after holding such stock for three days, estray such stock according to the laws regulating estrays in this State. Section 10. A11 ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 11. This ordinance shall go into effect and be effective on and after the let day of May A.D, 1909. PASSED AND APPROVED the 12ths, day of April A.D. 1909, R.E. Ward ayor of the City o Georgetown, Tig tas. ATTESTt . Geof . Yeahey, Secretary of the ty of Georgetown, Texas