Sec. 2. Sixty (60) days’ notice of the time and place of sale and a descriptive list of the articles to be sold, with the names, numbers, or other marks found thereon, shall be posted up in three (3) public places of the county where the sale is to be made and one (1) on the door of the depot or warehouse, if any, where the goods are; and shall also give notice in at least one (1) paper in the county for sixty (60) days before sale; and, out of the proceeds of such sale, the carrier shall pay the proper charges on such freight or baggage, including costs for storage for the previous three (3) months, and hold the overplus, if any, subject to the order of the owner, at any time with five (5) years, on proof of ownership, made by the affidavit of the claimant or his duly authorized agent or attorney. Also, after five (5) years, all sums of money remaining unclaimed to be paid into the county treasury, to be placed to the account of common schools.

Formerly: Acts 1865(ss), c.97, s.2.