Mississippi § 25-7-41 - Rangers.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 25-7-41 — Rangers., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 25-7-41. Rangers.
Rangers shall be entitled to the following fees: For taking the information of the taker up of animal, and issuing summons for appraisers. . . . .$ .50 For registering the certificate. . . . . .50 Advertising estray. . . . .1.00 For making sale. . . . . .50 And ten per centum commissions on the amount of sales. For taking proof of title, and order for delivery of estray to the owner. . . . . .50 And there shall be allowed to the taker up the sum of five dollars and his necessary expenses for keeping the estray; but if two or more estrays of the same species are taken up by the same person at the same time, they shall be included in one information, registry, and advertisement, and fees shall be allowed to the ranger and taker up as for only one; and when an estray shall be valued at more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00), an allowance shall not be made to the taker up, except the sum of Five Dollars ($5.00) herein allowed for taking up the estray, until the same shall be approved by the board of supervisors, and in no case shall the taker up receive more than half of the proceeds of sale. And allowance shall not be made to the taker up for keeping the estray when the use of the same is equal to the expense of keeping. For appraising estrays, to each appraiser. . . . . .50
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Section 25-7-41 ("Rangers.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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