68 STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



by the regulations governing meat inspection of the United 

 States department of agriculture. 



violation. SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- 

 poration except the inspector as herein provided, to have in 

 possession, keep or use any mark, stamp or brand provided or 

 used for marking, stamping or branding any article herein 

 required to be marked, stamped or branded. It shall be 

 unlawful for any person, firm -or corporation to have in 

 possession, keep, make or use any mark, stamp or brand hav- 

 ing thereon a device or words similar in character or import 

 to the marks, stamps or brands provided or used for marking, 

 stamping or branding such articles, and any violation hereof 

 shall be deemed a misdemeanor. 



CATTLE PROTECTION AND BRAND LAW. 



REGISTRATION OF CATTLE BRANDS AND LICENSING 

 OF SLAUGHTERERS. 



An act to create a cattle protection board* to define its powers 

 and duties, to protect the breeders and growers of cattle 

 from theft, to provide for the registration of cattle brands 

 and the licensing of cattle slaughterers and sellers of the 

 meat thereof, to provide for the inspection of cattle and 

 cattle hides for brands and marks, to provide for the col- 

 lection of license and inspection fees, to provide for the 

 creation of a fund to be known as the cattle protection 

 fund, and to provide penalties for violation of the provisions 

 hereof. 



(Approved May 28, 1917; Stats. 1917, p. 1237.) 



cattle protec- SECTION 1. That there be and is hereby created a cattle 

 creatSr d protection board,* to be appointed by the governor of the State 

 of California, which shall consist of three members, two of 

 whom shall be identified with and experienced in the cattle 

 industry of the State of California and the other shall be the 

 state veterinarian. Said board shall elect one of their num- 

 ber chairman. The members of said board shall each receive 

 ten dollars per day for the time by him necessarily employed 

 in discharging the duties required in this chapter; provided, 

 however, that in no one year shall the board be in session 

 more than sixty days, except upon the call of the governor. 

 Term. The members of said board shall hold office during _the 



Appointees, pleasure of the governor. Said board is hereby authorized 

 to appoint a" secretary, counsel, inspectors, and such clerks as 



*By section 8 of the act of 1919, creating a Department of Agriculture 

 (see page 9 hereof), the duties and powers of the Cattle Protection Board 

 were transferred to this department. Upon the organization of the depart- 

 ment these duties were assigned to the Division of Animal Industry. 

 "Cattle Protection Board" should be read, therefore, "Department of 

 Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry." 



