Section 2

Section 2. If any person, being either the owner or the tenant of any improved lands within this Commonwealth, shall discover upon his, her, or their improved lands, whether inclosed or not inclosed, any live stock, such person may take up the same; and shall forthwith give notice thereof to the constable of the township, borough or ward in which such lands lie or to any constable of the county, if the constable hereinbefore designated is not available for the purpose at the time, and such constable shall impound such live stock in the possession of the person who originally took up the same or in the possession of some other person, as such constable may deem best, and the reasonable cost of keeping the same shall be part of the costs of the care.