Mo. Rev. Stat. § 271.270
Any person may use or work a stray legally taken up by him, if he do so with care and moderation, but shall not remove the same from the county more than five days at a time, under penalty of twenty dollars, to be collected and paid into the county school fund.
(RSMo 1939 § 14524)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12850; 1919 § 4340; 1909 § 841