An Act to enable the Owners of Stray Cattle more easily to recover the same. Passed the 5th of March, 1807.

  • Province
    New Brunswick (1786-1867)
  • Chapter
    47 George III Chapter 8
  • Year
    1807
  • Concepts
    Public Order
    Agriculture
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    5
  • Description
    Much livestock in New brunswick was free ranging and roamed widely at this time. So that their owners could be more easily recover this act stipulates that any who found unfamiliar livestock on their enclosed land much register descriptions of such animals with town or parish clerks. If no owners claimed them in six months they would be required to sell them a public auction.
  • Source
    Early Canadiana Online