LAWS RELATING TO ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 77 



PUBLIC SERVICE OF STALLIONS, JACKS, ETC. 



REGISTRATION OF PEDIGREE. 



An act to regulate the public service of stallions and jacks in 

 the Stale of California. 



(Approved May 1, 1911. Amendments approved June 12, 1915 ; 

 Stats. 1911, p. 1306; 1915, p. 1495.) 



SECTION 1. Every association, person, firm or corporation Registration 

 standing or offering any stallion or jack for public service in etc 8 , required. 

 this state shall cause the name, description, and pedigree of 

 such stallion or jack to be enrolled by a stallion registration 

 board* hereinafter provided for, and secure a license from 

 said board, as provided in section three of this act. All enroll- 

 ment and verification of pedigree shall be done in the office of 

 the secretary of the California state board of agriculture. (As 

 amended, Stats. 1915, p. 1495.) 



SEC. 2. In order to carry out the provisions of this act, 

 there shall be constituted a stallion registration board,* whose board, 

 duty it shall be to verify and register pedigrees ; to pass upon 

 certificates of veterinary examination ; to provide, when neces- 

 sary, for veterinary inspection ; to issue stallion or jack license 

 certificates and tags; to make all necessary rules and regula- 

 tions ; and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to 

 carry out and enforce the provisions of this act. Said board 

 shall hold meetings at the office of the secretary of the Cali- 

 fornia state board of agriculture the first Tuesday and subse- 

 quent days of February, May, August and November of each 

 year, and such other meetings as may be necessary. Said 

 stallion registration board shall be composed of three members, 

 consisting of the president and secretary of the California state 

 board of agriculture and the state veterinarian. (As amended, 

 Stats. 1915, p. 1495.) 



SEC. 3. In order to obtain the license certificate and tag 

 herein provided for, the owner of each stallion or jack shall of stamens, 

 forward an affidavit on a form which shall be furnished by 

 the stallion registration board* and this affidavit shall be made 

 by a veterinarian, legally qualified to practice as such in this . 

 state, to the effect that he has personally examined such stal- 

 lion or jack. If said stallion or jack is free from communi- 

 cable diseases mentioned in section four of this act, a state- 

 ment to this effect shall be made on said affidavit by the 

 examining veterinarian. If said examining veterinarian after 

 examination finds such stallion or jack affected with any com- 

 municable disease or with any of the diseases or unsoundnesses 



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

 (see page 9 hereof), the duties and powers of the Stallfon Registration 

 Board were transferred to this department. Upon the organization of the 

 department, these duties were assigned to the Division of Animal Industry. 

 "Stallion 'Registration Board" should be read, therefore, "Department of 

 Agriculture, Division of Animal Industry." 



