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STATE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Causing 

 animals 

 to fight. 



any such person is taken into custody therefor by any officer, 

 such officer must take charge of such vehicle and its contents, 

 together with the horse or team attached to such vehicle, and 

 deposit the same in some place of custody; and any necessary 

 expense incurred for taking care of and keeping the same, is 

 a lien thereon, to be paid before the same can be lawfully 

 recovered; and if such expense, or any part thereof, remains 

 unpaid, it may be recovered, by the person incurring the same, 

 of the owner of such domestic animal, in an action therefor. 

 (Added, Stats. 1905, p. 679.) 



Docking tans 597a. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 

 dock the tail of any horse, within the State of California, or 

 to procure the same to be done, or to import or bring into this 

 state, any docked horse, or horses, or to drive, work, use, race 

 or deal in any unregistered docked horses, or horses within the 

 State of California except as provided in section five hundred 

 ninety-seven d of this code. (Added, Stats. .1907, p. 269.) 



597Z>. Any person who, for amusement or gain, causes any 

 bull, bear, cock, dog, or other animal to fight with like kind 

 or different kind of animal or creature, or with any human 

 being; or who, for amusement or gain, worries or injures any 

 such bull, bear, cock, dog or other animal, or causes any such 

 bull, bear, cock, dog or other animal to worry or injure each 

 other ; and any person who permits the same to be done on any 

 premises under his charge or control ; and any person who aids, 

 abets, or is present at such fighting or worrying of such animal 

 or creature, as a spectator, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (As 

 amended, Stats. 1907, p. 845.) 



5975. Within thirty days after the passage of this act, 

 every owner, or user of any docked horse, within the State of 

 California, shall register his or her docked horse, or horses 

 by filing in the office of the county clerk of the county in 

 which such decked horse, or horses, -may then be kept, a 

 certificate, which certificate shall contain the name, or names 

 of the owner, together with his or her post-office address, a full 

 description of the color, age, size and the use made of such 

 docked horse, or horses; which certificate shall be signed by 

 the owner, or his, or her agent. The county clerk shall number 

 such certificate consecutively and record the name in a book, 

 or register to be kept for that purpose only ; and shall receive as 

 a fee for recording of such certificate, the sum of fifty cents, and 

 the clerk shall thereupon issue to such person so registering 

 such horse or horses a certificate containing the facts recited in 

 this section which upon demand shall be exhibited to any 

 peace officer, and the same shall be conclusive evidence of a 

 compliance with the provisions of section five hundred ninety- 

 seven a of this code. (Added, Stats. 1907, p. 269.) 



597c. The driving, working, keeping, racing or using of any 

 unregistered docked horse, or horses, after sixty days after the 

 passage of this act, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of 

 the fact that the party driving, working, keeping, racing or 



Registration 

 of docked 

 horses. 



Evidence of 



docking 



horses. 



