If the owner or user does not fence the same within 60 days after receiving notice in writing of such requirement, the mayor and aldermen or selectmen shall cause the same to be fenced, and may collect the expense of so doing from the owner or user in an action of assumpsit.
RSA 475:3
1887, 73:1. PS 143:27. PL 219 :31. RL 269:31.