§ 4-16-1. Taking up on private land.
If any person finds any horse, neat-beast, sheep, or hog on his or her land doing damage, not knowing to whom the animal belongs, he or she may take the animal as an estray, and within two (2) days report the estray to the city or town clerk of the city or town in which the animal was found.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 130, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 156, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 186, § 1; G.L. 1938,
ch. 644, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 4-16-1.