N.Y. Town Law § 322: Surplus money upon sale of strays

§ 322. Surplus money upon sale of strays. If the owner of the beasts

shall not appear and demand the residue of such moneys within one year

after the sale he shall be thereafter precluded from recovering any part

thereof, and the same shall be paid by the officer making the sale to

the supervisor of the town, or, in cities, to the treasurer, and their

receipt shall be a legal discharge to the keeper of such beasts and the

officer selling the same. If the officer who shall have sold such beasts

shall not, within thirty days after the expiration of the year, pay such

moneys to the supervisor of the town, or, in cities, to the treasurer he

shall forfeit to the town or city double the sum so remaining in his

hands, together with the amount of such moneys.