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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Disposal of 

 license fees. 



Penalty. 



When act 

 shall become 

 void. 



(6) The location of his or its principal home ranch and live 

 stock headquarters. 



(c) The number of acres of land owned or leased in the 

 State of California, together with a description thereof. 



2. Pay to the said tax collector the sum of fifty cents a head 

 for each of the sheep, and the sum of two dollars a head for 

 each of the bovine cattle proposed to be herded or grazed in 

 the State of California, after deducting the number of sheep 

 and cattle as exempted from the payment of said tax. 



SEC. 3. No such person or corporation shall herd, graze, or 

 cause to be herded or grazed upon any unenclosed land in any 

 county in California any greater number of live stock than that 

 for which he or it has previously obtained such license, and 

 which is exempted under the provisions of this act. 



SEC. 4. The tax collector collecting such license moneys 

 shall be allowed to retain for his own compensation and in 

 addition to his salary or other fees now provided by law six 

 per centum of the said license moneys by him collected, and 

 shall quarterly pay the remainder of such moneys into the 

 general county road fund. 



SEC. 5. Any person or 'corporation violating any of the 

 provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars, and shall be prohibited from herding, grazing, or 

 causing to be herded or grazed any live stock in the State of 

 California until such fine is paid. 



SEC. 6. If any law passed at the present session of the 

 legislature in any of the states bordering on California, simi- 

 lar to this bill affecting the citizens and corporations of the 

 State of California, shall be declared unconstitutional and 

 invalid by a court of last resort in any of said states, then this 

 act shall immediately become inoperative and void. 



LICENSING OF SHEEP HERDING. 



An act restricting the powers of boards of supervisors in the 

 matter of imposing licenses upon the business of raising, 

 grazing, herding and pasturing sheep. 



(Approved March 20, 1909; Stats. 1909, p. 608.) 



Limit to SECTION 1. No license or licenses greater than three cents 



bSsVof P er head sna11 be imposed by the board of supervisors of any 



sheep county in this state on the business of raising, grazing, herding 



or pasturing sheep, and any and all licenses imposed by the 



board of supervisors of any county on the business of raising, 



grazing, herding or pasturing sheep, in excess of three cents 



per head, shall be and are hereby declared invalid; provided, 



the provisions of this act shall not apply to any license tax the 



validity of which is involved in any suit now pending or to 



any such license tax due when this act takes effect. 



