Section 28. Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty


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  • Any person
      who keeps, pastures, has in his possession, or under  his  control,  any
      horses,  cattle,  or  other  animals, on lands contained in the Onondaga
      Indian reservation, unless the same are kept, pastured, or possessed, as
      provided in section twenty-four of this article, shall be  guilty  of  a
      misdemeanor,  and shall be liable for treble damages for any injury done
      by such cattle, horses, or other animals while on said reservation.  Any
      person  who  shall  keep,  pasture, have in his possession, or under his
      control, any cattle, horses or other animals, on lands contained  within
      the  Onondaga  Indian  reservation  and  leased  under the provisions of
      section twenty-four of this article,  shall  be  liable  to  the  person
      damaged  for  any  injury done by such cattle, horses, or other animals,
      through trespass or otherwise; and the fact that the person damaged,  or
      any  other person, has failed to erect any fences, or has failed to keep
      any fences in repair, shall be no defense in  an  action  brought  under
      this section, for injury done by such cattle, horses or other animals.