POUNDS

MCL ch. 433, subtit. R.S. of 1846, ch. 18, div. 433.122.D20

in effect

MCL 433.122 Pounds; maintenance by township.

433.122. Pounds; maintenance by township. Sec. 22. Each township may, at its own expense, and in such places therein as the electors shall direct, provide and maintain 1 or more sufficient pounds, in which swine, sheep, horses, asses, mules, goats and neat cattle, may be restrained and kept from going at large contrary to law, or to any by-law of such township. R.S. 1846, Ch. 18; CL 1857, 626; CL 1871, 789; How. ORYDATA>; CL 1897, 2437; CL 1915, 2229; CL 1929, 1085; CL 1948, 433.122

MCL 433.123 Pounds; injury, penalty.

433.123. Pounds; injury, penalty. Sec. 23. If any person shall wilfully injure any pound maintained by any township, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 50 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days at the discretion of the court. R.S. 1846, Ch. 18; CL 1857, 627; CL 1871, 790; How. 820; CL 1897, 2438; CL 1915, 2230; CL 1929, 1086; CL 1948, 433.123

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