LAWS RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 69 



may be necessary to -carry out the provisions of this act, and 

 fix the salaries of said appointees. Such per diem and 

 expenses of said members of the cattle protection board, as 

 well as the salaries and expenses of all appointees of said 

 board, including all other additional expenses incurred by 

 enforcement of this act as hereinafter provided, shall be paid 

 out of the cattle protection fund which fund is hereafter cattle protec- 



. n n tion fund. 



provided. 



Said board is hereby authorized, and it is made its duty, Duty of board 

 to exercise a general supervision over, and protect the cattle 

 of this state from theft and to make such rules and regula- 

 tions as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent 

 of this act. 



SEC. 2. Every person owning cattle in this state except cattle 

 as hereinafter provided may adopt a brand with which to 

 brand his cattle; provided, such brand be not similar to the 

 brand heretofore adopted by any other person, except by 

 special permit issued by the cattle protection board.* Said Record of 

 board shall cause said brands to be recorded in books kept br 

 for that purpose. The recording of a brand shall consist of 

 depicting in the brand book a facsimile of the design of the 

 brand adopted, together with an entry in said book bearing 

 a statement of the name, residence, and post-office address 

 of the person adopting the same, the date the brand was pre- 

 sented for record, the place upon the animal where the brand 

 is proposed to be used, the number of the district and a state- 

 ment of the location of the range whereon such animals are to 

 range. Before any such record shall be made, proof shall be 

 made that the person applying to have such brand recorded 

 is the owner thereof and entitled to use the same. 



The said board may divide the state into a number of dis- Districts, 

 tricts. Such districts may be changed from time to time, so 

 that all of the persons engaged in raising cattle within the 

 State of California may adopt and record a brand, without 

 requiring that any one brand shall be adopted or recorded in 

 any two contiguous districts; provided, however, that where 

 cattle in two or more contiguous districts are owned by one 

 person, said person shall have the right to the use of said 

 brand in contiguous districts. 



SEC. 3. The sum of two dollars shall be paid to said board Fees. 

 for the recordation of any brand; for the right to the con- 

 tinued use of said brand, under the provisions of this act, the 

 owner thereof shall before the first day of January of each 

 year after its recordation transmit to the board the sum of one 

 and one-half dollars. A failure to make such payment shall Forfeiture of 

 forfeit the right to use said brand. 



When the right to any brand recorded hereunder shall have 

 become forfeited, said brand shall not be recorded by any other 

 person until after the expiration of one year from the date of 

 the forfeiture thereof. 



*See note, page 68 hereof. 



