81-4-510. Notice of sale of abandoned horses -- form -- time of sale -- title. (1) Before any sale shall be had, at least 10 days' notice shall be given by publication and posting in the manner specified in 81-4-504, except that publication, if made in a newspaper, shall be once in each week for two successive weeks, and posting shall be done at least 5 days before the date of sale. Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:
          NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED HORSES

     Notice is hereby given that on .... day, the .... day of ...., 19.., at .... in the county of ...., state of Montana, beginning at the hours of ....m., on said day the following described abandoned horses will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, to wit:
     (Give general description of horses to be sold by brand, if any, color, approximate weight, and estimated age.)
     Any horses not reclaimed before sale as provided by law and for which no bid is made at said sale will be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in the discretion of the board of county commissioners of .... County, state of Montana.
     Dated the .... day of ...., 19...
     By order of the board of county commissioners of .... County, Montana.
     By ...., clerk of said board.
     (2) All such sales shall be held between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. and may be continued from time to time until all abandoned horses taken in such roundup shall have been disposed of. On payment of the price bid for any such horse or horses sold, the delivery thereof, with a bill of sale, vests the title thereto in the purchaser.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 140, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 29, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 3406.8, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1808.