N.J. Stat. § 4:21-1 § 4:21-1
A person may drive or convey to the public pound in a township, horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large in the streets or highways of the township, and impound them.
N.J. Stat. tit. 4, ch. 21
N.J. Stat. tit. 4, ch. 21
in effectN.J. Stat. § 4:21-2 § 4:21-2
A person who shall discover stray horses, cattle, sheep or swine upon his improved lands in a township may drive or convey them to the public pound in the township.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-3 Interference with impounding of animals; penalty
A person, having charge of horses, cattle, sheep or swine found running at large in the streets or highways or trespassing upon the improved lands of another, who shall attempt to hinder or take away such animals from a person taking or driving or attempting to take or drive them to the pound; or a person who shall unlawfully drive from a public pound in the township horses, cattle, sheep or swine which are therein impounded, shall be liable to a penalty of fifteen dollars ($15.00) to be recovered in a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction by and for the use of any person prosecuting the suit. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 45, s. 57.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-4 § 4:21-4
Nothing in this article shall debar a person from driving horses, cattle, sheep or swine along or over the streets or highways of a township to or from pasture, or from using the streets or highways for the purpose of driving over them in any lawful way.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-5 § 4:21-5
For bringing horses, cattle, sheep or swine to the pound as authorized by sections 4:21-1 and 4:21-2 of this title, the person bringing them shall receive two dollars and fifty cents per head from the poundkeeper to be by him collected from the owner as provided in section 4:21-7 of this title.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-6 § 4:21-6
The poundkeeper shall have two dollars and fifty cents per head for letting in, two dollars and fifty cents per head for letting out and fifty cents per day or part thereof for feeding and keeping while in the pound.
N.J. Stat. § 4:21-7 Sale of impounded animals and disposition of proceeds
If the owner of cattle, horses, sheep or swine impounded as provided in sections 4:21-1 and 4:21-2 of this title, shall not pay the charges for impounding and keeping such animals within five days after they are impounded, and take them away, the poundkeeper shall give at least five days' notice of the intended sale of such animals by setting up notices in five or more public places in the township. If the owner shall not redeem the animals before the time so notified, the poundkeeper shall sell them accordingly, either on the day so advertised or on the day to which the sale may be publicly adjourned. Out of the money arising from the sale the poundkeeper shall pay the charges of conveying to and letting into the pound, keeping and feeding the animals and two dollars for advertising and one dollar per head for selling them, and pay the surplus to the owner of the animals if he shall appear and claim it within three months after the sale. If the owner shall not appear within three months, the surplus shall be paid to the overseer of the poor of the township for the use of the poor thereof.
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