Pound

A place, enclosed by public authority, for the temporary detention of stray animals.

Gilmore v. Ilolt, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 258; Brightman v. Grinnell, 9 Pick. (Mass.) 14.

Animals may not be impounded unless they are suffered by the owner to run at large, within the strict construction of the statute; Adams v. Nichols, 1 Aik. (Yt) 316; if the impounding is illegal, they can be recovered by the owner; Morse v. Reed, 28 Me. 481; Mellen v. Moody, 23 Vt. 674. If it is legal, the owner must pay the costs imposed; Mahler v. Ilolden, 20 111. 363; and the pound-keeper need not deliver over the animals until all legal charges are paid; Folger v. Hinckley, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 263; Keith v. Bradford, 30 Vt. 34; the impounder has the right to use the some force to maintain his possession as a sheriff has to protect his possession under legal process; Barrows v. Fassett, 36 Vt. 625. Where the proper officer finds cattle running at large in public streets, he may pursue them upon private property; Mosher v. Jewett, 63 Me. 84; but when a man finds strange cattle in his field, he Is not bound to impound or retain them for the owner, but may drive them off into the highway; Stevens v. Curtis, 18 Pick. (Mass.) 227; if, however, he impounds, he must feed and water them properly, according to the usage of the country and good husbandry; Adams v. Adams, 13 Pick. (Mass.) 384; he must proceed strictly according to the statute, or he pounded animal can be sold; Newhouse v. Hatch, 12G Mass. 304; and sucli notice must state the legal charges; Pickard v. Howe, 12 Mete. (Mass.) 108. Laws authorizing the impounding and sale of stock without notice or judicial investigation are held to be unconstitutional as authorizing a sale of private property without due process of law; Rockwell v. Nearing, 35 N. Y. 302; Hose v. Ilardie, 98 N. C. 44. 4 S. E. 41; Anderson v. Locke, 04 Miss. 283, l South. 251; but it has been held that such laws are valid under the police power; Wilcox v. Hemming, 58 Wis. 144, 15 N. W. 435, 4G Am. Rep. G25. See Animal; Estray; Running at Large. Weights. See Weights.: Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency, the different states made use of tile pound in computing money: it was ' of different value in the several states. Pound Sterling is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is of the value of a sovereign (q. v.). In calculating the rates of duties, the pound sterling shall be taken as of the value of four dollars and eightysix cents and six and one-lialf mills, and the pound sterling of Ireland at four dollars and ten cents; U. S. R. S. § 35G5.