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Title 27 : Property
Chapter 011 : Lost Property
(Cite as: 27 V.S.A. § 1109)-
§ 1109. Found beast may be worked
A person who takes up a stray beast may put such beast to reasonable labor, and the magistrate, in allowing the account of the expenses, shall allow the owner a reasonable compensation therefor.