New York Laws
Article 18 - Fences, Strays and Pounds
326 - Erection and Discontinuance of Pounds.

ยง 326. Erection and discontinuance of pounds. Whenever the electors of
any town shall determine at a biennial town election to erect one or
more pounds therein, and whenever a pound shall now be erected in any
town, the same shall be kept under the care and direction of a
pound-master, to be appointed for that purpose. The electors of any town
may, at a biennial town election, discontinue any pounds therein.