(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any horse, mule, jack, jennet, swine, cow, cattle, hog, pig, shoat, goat, poultry or other fowl to run at large within the Town; and any such animal or fowl found at large within the Town shall be taken up by the Animal Warden and impounded at a public pond or other suitable place and kept there for at least three days and whenever possible, its owner or other keeper shall be notified of such happening and the manner in which the animal or fowl must be redeemed, to wit, by the payment of an impounding fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus the cost of care, feeding and shelter, such payment to be made within two days from the date of such notice. Any animal or fowl not so redeemed may be sold at a public sale to recover the impoundment fees and costs herein mentioned; and if no buyer is found the animal or fowl in question may be destroyed or given away to some responsible person.
(b) The proceeds of any sale under subsection (a) of this section which are in excess of the impoundment fee, cost of care, feeding and shelter, and the cost of sale shall be turned over by the Animal Warden to the Town Treasurer shall be held by him until claimed by the owner of the animal or fowl in question within three months of the sale; and if no claim is made within such time, such proceeds so held shall be credited to the General Fund of the Town.