All fences shall be considered as under the care and protection of the law, for damages done, or destruction committed thereon. History: Laws 1869, ch. 20, § 1; C.L. 1884, § 1272; C.L. 1897, § 1814; Code 1915, § 2347; C.S. 1929, § 50-109; 1941 Comp., § 49-1808; 1953 Comp., § 47-17-8. Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Compiler's notes. — Prior to the 1915 Code compilation, this section read: "The fences actually existing or that may henceforward be constructed within any county of this territory, shall be considered as under the care and protection of the law, for damages done, or destruction committed thereon."
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