893 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



stallion, the words "grade stallion," in type not smaller than one inch in 

 height, said bills or posters to be posted in a conspicuous manner at all 

 places where the stallion or stallions are kept for public service. 



*Sec. 2341-d. Transfer of certificate — fee. When the owner of any 

 registered stallion shall sell, exchange or transfer same, he shall file said 

 certificate, accompanying the- same with a fee of fifty cents, with the sec- 

 retary of the State Board of Agriculture, who shall upon receipt of the 

 state certificate properly transferred and upon payment of the required 

 fee, issue a new certificate' to the then new ovvner of the animal. All fees 

 I^rovioed by this act shall go into the treasury of the Department of Agri- 

 culture. 



Six. 2341-e. PtMisUinr) false fjedigrecs — penalty. Any person v;ho shall 

 fraudulently represent any animal, horse, cattle, sheep or sv\'.ine, to be pure 

 bred, or any percon v,'Iic chall pert cr i":v.b!!c!2, cr cnvsrc to bo nested or 

 published, any false pedigree or certificate, or shall use any stallion for 

 public service, or sell, exchange, or transfer any stal'ion, representing 

 such animal to be pure bred, without first having such animal registered, 

 and obtaining the certificate of the State Board of Agriculture as herein- 

 before provided, or who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, 

 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine of not more 

 than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding 

 thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



LIEN LAW T^OR SERVICE FEE. 



H. F. 126. 



AN ACT providing that owners or keepers of stallions shall have a lien 



upon the progeny of any such animal for the service fee therefor. 

 Be it enacted hy the General Assembly of the State of loica: 



Skctiox 1. The owner or keeper of a stallion kept for public services 

 who has complied with sections twenty-three hundred and forty-one-a 

 (2341-a), twenty-three hundred and forty-one-b (2341-b). twenty-three 

 hundred and forty-one-c (2341-c), and tvv'enty-three hundred and forty-one-d 

 (2341-d), of the Supplement to the Code, 1907, shall have a prior lien upon 

 the progeny of such stallion to secure the amount due such owner or 

 keeper for the service of such st?.l!ion, resulting in said progeny, provided, 

 that where such ov>'ner or keeper misrepresents such stallion by false 

 pedigree no lien shall be obtained. 



Sec. 2. The lien herein provided for shall remain in force for a period 

 of six months from the birth of said progeny and shall not be enforced 

 thereafter. 



Sec. 3. The ov.ner or keeper of such stallion may enforce the lien 

 herein provided by placing in the hands of any constable an affidavit con- 

 taining a description of the stallion and a description of the dam and the 

 time and terms of service, and said constable shall thereupon take pos- 

 session of said progeny and sell the same for non-payment of service fee 

 by giving the owner of said progeny ten (10) days v/ritten notice, 

 which notice shall contain a copy of the affidavit and a full de- 

 scription of the progeny to be sold, the time and hour when, and the place 



*As re-enacted by tlie Thirty-third General Assembly. 



