shall be paid to the owner of the sheep or swine taken, and five dollas to the witness of the theft; for the seeond offence the thief shall, in addition to the above penalty, be confined in jail for twenty-eight days; and for the third offence the thief shall be confined four weeks in jail, and then receive a trial, and bear such punishment as may be aljudged upon sueh trial
Sec. 8. Whoever shall steal a fowl of any description slhall, for the first offence, pay to the owner of sueh nnimal the sum of five dollars for the second offenee, in addition to the abore pen- alty, the thief shall be confined in jail for twenty-one days. The witness by whom such theft shall be proven slhall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation as may be allowed to him to be paid by the offender
Sec. 9. A lawful fence shall be eight rails higlı, well staked and ridered. If any animal shall break through or over a lawful fence, as above defined, and do any damage, tlie owner of the en- closure shall give notice thereof to the owner of such animal, withont injury to the animal. The owner of such animal sball therefore take care of the same, and prevent his doing damage; but should he neglect or refuse so to do, the animal itself shall be sold to pay for the damage it may have done. But if theo prem iscs be not enclosed by a lawfal fence, as above defincd, the own- er of the enclosure shall receive no damages; but shonld he in jure any animal getting into such enclosure, shall pay for any damage he may do such animal
Sec. 10. Every owner of stock shall have his or ler brand or mark put on suclh stoek, and a description of tlie brand or mark of every perSon in the tribe shall be rccorded by the national clerk
ARTICLE II
See, 1. Whoever shall maliciously set fire to a house shall, for the first offence, pay to the owner of such house all damages which e may sustain in consequence of such fire; and, in addi tion thereto, for the second offeuce shall be confiued in jail for the term of twenty-one days
Sec. 2. Stould human life be sacrificed in consequence of any such fire, the person sctting fire as aforesaid shall suffer death by hanging
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to set on fire any woods or prairie, except for the purpose of protceting property, and then only at such times as shall permit the person so setting the fire to extinguislı the sauma.