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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Unrecorded 

 brand. 



Sale of 

 range cattle. 



Not appli- 

 cable to 

 registered, 

 etc., cattle. 



License to 

 slaughter 

 cattle. 



Bond. 



Annual fee. 



SEC. 4. No person shall brand any cattle in this state with 

 a brand that has not been recorded under the provisions of this 

 act, nor use any device to obliterate a brand. 



SEC. 5. Upon the sale or transfer of any range cattle in 

 this state, the actual delivery of such animal shall be accom- 

 panied by a written bill of sale, giving the number, kind and 

 marks and brands of each animal, which bill of sale shall be 

 signed by the party giving the same and acknowledged by him 

 before two subscribing witnesses who have been freeholders of 

 the county for at least two years. 



SEC. 6. It is hereby expressly provided that the provisions 

 in this act shall not apply to registered purebred cattle or pure- 

 bred cattle which can be identified as being entitled to registra- 

 tion, or to the dressed carcasses of veal with unmarked or 

 unbranded hides thereon, or cows actually used for dairy 

 purposes. 



SEC. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to slaughter any 

 cattle or offer for sale, barter or exchange the meat thereof, 

 unless he shall have a license therefor issued in accordance 

 with the provisions of this act, except as herein otherwise 

 provided. 



Every person slaughtering cattle as a business shall do so in 

 a designated slaughterhouse, and before he shall begin the 

 business of slaughtering cattle or selling the meat thereof, he 

 shall first procure from the board* a license to carry on such 

 business, under the conditions and upon the payment of the 

 fees herein provided for. After procuring such license and 

 before engaging in .such business he shall execute a bond to 

 the State of California, in the penal sum of one thousand 

 dollars ($1,000) to be approved by the secretary of the board, 

 conditioned that such person shall not slaughter, sell or expose 

 for sale any cattle or the meat thereof, without first being the 

 legal and equitable owner thereof, or being authorized to so 

 slaughter, sell or expose for sale such animal, or the meat 

 thereof, by such owner, and that in case he shall violate any of 

 the provisions hereof, he shall pay therefor double the value of 

 such animal. The amount so recovered shall be paid as follows : 

 One-half to the owner of such animal and the remaining one- 

 half to the cattle protection fund. 



Said board shall grant to every applicant therefor, who 

 complies with all the provisions of this act a license to 

 slaughter cattle and sell the meat thereof for the unexpired 

 portion of the calendar year in which said license is granted. 

 Every applicant for such a license shall pay to said board 

 the following annual fee which shall be paid in advance: 

 For applicants who slaughter less than ten head per month, 

 one dollar per annum. For applicants who slaughter more 

 than ten head and less than fifty head per month, ten dollars 

 per annum. For applicants who slaughter more than fifty 

 head per month, twenty-five dollars per annum. For a shorter 



*See note, page 68 hereof. 



