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term than one year a proportionate part of said fee shall be 

 paid. The applicant for such license shall state in his appli- 

 cation where his slaughterhouse is located, and during the 

 term of such license he shall not slaughter any cattle at any 

 other place than that specified in his license. If the holder 

 of a license desires to change the location of his slaughterhouse, 

 he shall apply to said board to have such license transferred 

 and the board may reissue such license without any addi- 

 tional fee. 



Every holder of such a license shall, at the expiration of Monthly 

 each calendar month, make a written report and send the same 

 by registered mail to said board. Such report shall include 

 the following: 



(a) The number and sex of the cattle slaughtered in such 

 establishment during the calendar month just past. 



(6) The names and addresses of persons from whom said 

 cattle were purchased or otherwise obtained. 



(c) The brands and marks on said cattle. 



(d) The dates on which said cattle were purchased or 

 otherwise obtained and the dates on which said cattle were 

 slaughtered. 



Said statement shall be signed by such licensee or his duly Forfeit of 

 authorized agent. Upon failure or neglect of said licensee ^JJJJ t o n 

 or his duly authorized agent for a period of fifteen days to make 

 file such a statement in the manner as herein provided, the stl 

 said board shall have the power and it shall be its duty to 

 forfeit the license of such licensee; and thereafter it shall be 

 unlawful for the owner of said slaughtering establishment, 

 or for any other person to slaughter any cattle in said estab- 

 lishment until a new application is made by him to said board, 

 accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars; provided, how- 

 ever, that said board shall* have the power and it shall be its 

 duty to refuse to renew the license of any slaughterer who 

 has knowingly slaughtered cattle without the consent of the 

 owner thereof. 



SEC. 8. Every peddler, butcher or retailer of meats, pur- Recordby 

 chasing the meat of any bovine animal, must enter in a book ^J cr of 

 to be kept for that purpose and exhibit the same on demand, purchased, 

 the name of the person from whom said meat was purchased 

 or otherwise obtained, the date of ?aid purchase and the quan- 

 tity so purchased. 



It shall be unlawful for any peddler or retailer of meat, 

 or person in control of any butcher shop, to purchase the 

 meat of any slaughtered bovine animal from any person not 

 known to him to be licensed under the provisions of this act. 



Any person who fails on demand to inform any officer of 

 this state where and from whom he has obtained any meat of 

 any bovine animal that he has in his possession, shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. 



