1. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties are authorized, upon petition of 20 percent of the taxpayers residing in any district herein defined, to pass ordinances prohibiting horses, cattle, swine, goats or sheep from running at large upon any portion of the roads and highways within the district which are fenced on both sides.
2. The petition may be presented at any regular or special meeting of any board of county commissioners, and shall define the boundaries of the district sought to be established, and shall pray that such district may be established and that an ordinance may be passed by the board of county commissioners prohibiting any of the livestock mentioned in subsection 1 from running at large therein.
3. The boards of county commissioners are authorized and empowered to provide in such ordinance for the impounding and sale of any such livestock running at large within such district, and making a violation of any of the provisions of the ordinance a misdemeanor and punishable as such.
[1:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4031] + [2:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2843; NCL § 4032] + [3:165:1919; 1919 RL p. 2844; NCL § 4033]