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29-106. Fencing extensive tracts in certain counties; gates andhitching posts.That whenever any person, persons or corporations shall fence andenclose extensive tracts of land of one hundred acres or over in extent forgrazing purposes in the counties of Barber, Pratt, and Russell, and allcounties west of range 15, west of the sixth principal meridian, in thestate of Kansas, such person, persons or corporation shall provide asuitable swinging or lifting gate, constructed in such manner that it maybe easily opened or closed, whenever said fence or enclosure crosses anyroad established by custom and usage but not a legally established publichighway. Said gate shall be so constructed as to meet conveniently therequirements of the traveling public; and in addition to said gate, shallset posts on each side of said gate, at suitable distances therefrom, andof not less than four inches in diameter and not less than seven feet inlength, set not less than thirty inches in the ground, and for the purposeof tying any horse or team thereto, while any traveler is engaged inopening or closing said gate.
History: L. 1901, ch. 225, § 1; March 22; R.S. 1923, 29-106.
