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fee or who falsely represents that she has been bred to an 

 improved sire other than the one to which she has been 

 bred, is liable to a fine of $50. 



INDIAN TERRITORY. 



The owner or keeper of a jack or stallion has a lien on 

 the mare for the service fee, 



'*Such lien shall attach after the time of service of any 

 mare by any jack or stallion, and shall be enforced or fore- 

 closed at any time on or after maturity of the debt as 

 agreed upon by the parties to the contract, and may be 

 enforced or foreclosed in the same manner as laborers' 

 liens are enforced by law." 



The lien may be enforced after the mare has passed to 

 the possession of third parties. 



IOWA. 



Any owner or keeper of any stallion, kept for public 

 service, or for sale, exchange or transfer, who represents 

 such animal to be pure-bred shall cause the same to be 

 registered in some stud book recognized by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., and obtain a 

 certificate of registration, which must be submitted to the 

 secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the state 

 of Iowa. If such registration is found to be correct and 

 genuine he shall issue a certificate setting forth the name, 

 sex, age and color of the animal and the volume and page 

 of the stud book in which such animal is registered. 



Anyone who represents his animal to be pure-bred shall 

 place a copy of the certificate of the State Board on the 

 door or stall of the stable where the animal is usually 

 kept Any owner or keeper of a stallion kept for public 

 service, for which a state certificate has not been issued, 

 must advertise such horse by having printed hand bills 

 or posters, not less than five by seven inches in size, and 

 such bills or posters must have printed thereon imme- 

 diately preceding or above the name of the stallion, the 

 words "grade stallion," in type not less than one inch in 

 height, said bills or posters to be posted in a conspicuous 

 manner at all places where the stallion is kept for public 

 service. The certificate may be transferred to a purchaser 

 through the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 



Any person who shall fraudulently represent any ani- 

 mal, horse, cattle, sheep or swine, to be pure-bred, or any 

 person who shall post or publish, or cause to be posted 

 or published, any false pedigree or certificate, or shall 

 use any stallion for public service, or sell, exchange or 



