PART VII. 

 REGARDING THE HORSE. 



STALION SERVICE LAW. 



OF THE 



State of Iowa. 



PASSED BY THE 



Thirty-first General Assembly. 



Becomes Eflfective July 4, 1906. 



An Act to repeal sections two thousand three hundred forty-one (2341) 

 and two thousand three hundred forty -two (2342) of the code, rela- 

 tive to the registration and publication of pedigrees, and to enact a ■ 

 substitute therefor. 

 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 



Section 1. Section two thousand three hundred and forty-one (2341) 

 and seciton two thousand three hundred and forty-two (2342) of the code 

 are hereby repealed and the following enacted in lieu thereof. 



Section 2. Any owner or keeper of any stallion or bull kept for public 

 service, or any owner or keeper of any stallion kept for sale, exchange or 

 transfer, who represents such animal to be pure bred, thorough bred, 

 standard bred or registered, shall cause the same to be registered in 

 some stud book or herd book recognized by the department of agriculture 

 at Washington, D. C, for the registration of pedigrees, and obtain a cer- 

 tificate of registration of such animal. He shall then forward the same 

 to the secretary of the state board of agriculture of the State of Iowa, 

 whose duty it shall be to examine and pass upon the correctness and 

 genuiness of such certificate filed for enrollment. In making such exam- 

 ination, said secretary shall use as his standard the stud books or herd 

 books recognized by the department of agriculture at Washington, D. C, 

 and shall accept as pure bred, thorough bred, standard bred or registered, 

 any animal registered in any of such stud books or herd books. And 

 If such registration is found to be correct and genuine he shall issue 

 a certificate under the seal of the department of agriculture, vliich certi- 

 ficate shall set forth the name. sex. age and color of the animal, also the 



