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Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every person, firm or company standing 

 or traveling any stallion for breeding purposes, in this State, shall cause the 

 name, description and pedigree of such stallion to be enrolled by the State 

 Livestock Sanitary Board, and procure a certificate of such enrollment from 

 said Board, which shall thereupon be presented to and recorded by the prothon- 

 otary of the county or counties in which said stallion is used for public ser- 

 vice. 



Section 2. In order to obtain the license certificate herein provided for, the 

 owner of such stallion shall file a certificate of soundness signed by a duly 

 qualified veterinarian, or, in lieu thereof, he may make oath before a notary 

 public that, after diligent inquiry, such stallion is, to the best of his knowledge, 

 free from hereditary, contagious, or transmissible unsoundness or disease, 

 and shall forward this veterinarian's certificate, or his affidavit, together 

 with the stud-book certificate of registry of the pedigree of the said stallion, 

 and any other documents that may be necessary to define and describe his 

 breeding and ownership, to the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



Section 3. The officers of the State Livestock Sanitary Board, whose duties 

 it shall be to examine and pass upon the merits of each pedigree submitted, 

 shall use as their standard for action the stud-books and signatures of the duly 

 authorized presidents and secretaries, respectively, of the various horse ped- 

 igree registry associations, societies, or companies recognized by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture; and shall accept as pure bred, and en- 

 titled to a license certificate as such, each stallion for which a pedigree reg- 

 istry certificate is furnished, bearing the signature of the president and sec- 

 retary of a stud-book recognized and approved by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Section 4. Stallions afflicted with hereditary, contagious, or transmissible 

 unsoundness or disease may be refused license by the State Livestock Sani- 

 tary Board; and when license is so refused, the said stallion shall not be used 

 for public service for profit or gain in this State: Provided, however. That 

 a license may be refused, under this section, only when it is certified to the 

 Board by the State Veterinarian that the stallion in question is afflicted with 

 an hereditary, contagious, or transmissible unsoundness or disease of such 

 a nature, or that the abnormal condition is accompanied by such a defect of 

 conformation, as to render it probable that the progeny of the said stallion 

 will be especially liable to said unsoundness or disease. Blemishes and defor- 

 mities due to accidents shall not be regarded as unsoundness, within the 

 meaning of this act. 



Section 5. The owner of each stallion standing for public service in this 

 State shall post, and keep affixed during the entire breeding season, copies of 

 the license certificate of such stallion, issued under the provisions of the next 

 succeeding section, in a conspicuous place both within and upon the outside of 

 the main door leading into any stable or building where the said stallion 

 stands for public service. 



Section 6. The license certificate issued for a stallion whose sire and a dam 

 are of pure breeding, and the pedigree of which is registered in the stud- 

 book recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture, shall be in 

 the following form: — 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



Certificate of Pure Bred Stallion, Number 



The pedigree of the stallion (name) 



Owned by, 



Described as follows: 



(Color) , (Breed) 



Foaled in the year , has been examined; and it is hereby cer- 

 tified that the said stallion is of pure breeding, and is registered in a stud- 

 book recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture. 



(Signature) , 



Secretary of the State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



The license certificate issued for a stallion whose sire or dam is not of pure 

 breeding shall be in the following form: — 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

 State Livestock Sanitary Board. 



Certificate of Grade Stallion, Number 



The pedigree of the stallion (name) 



Owned by 



Described as follows: 



(Color) 



