280 THE HOESE BOOK. 



son or persons who may be deceived or defrauded by such 

 false or fraudulent pedigree or record or statement may 

 sue for and recover in any court of competent jurisdiction 

 such damages as may be shown to have been sustained 

 by reason of such false and fraudulent representations. 



Whenever the owner or agent of an owner or owners of 

 any stallion shall have complied with the foregoing pro- 

 visions of this sub-title, the services of such stallion shall 

 become a lien on each mare served, together with the foal 

 resulting from such service, for the amount agreed upon 

 between the owner of the mare and the owner of the stal- 

 lion at the time of the service, or in the event of no such 

 agreement, then in such an amount as is specified for the 

 service of such stallion in the statement hereinbefore re- 

 quired to be filed with the clerks of court of the respective 

 counties or of Baltimore City. 



Any person entitled to a lien under this sub-title, shall 

 file a claim or statement of the same in the office of the 

 clerk of the court for the county where the owner of the 

 mare resides, or if such owner is a resident of Baltimore 

 City, then said lien shall be filed in the office of the clerk 

 of the superior court of Baltimore City; provided, that 

 the statement of said lien shall be filed within twelve 

 months from the date of the service of the stallion for 

 which the lien is claimed, and that the lien shall termi- 

 nate at the end of six months from the date of the filing 

 of the same. 



Before standing any stallion or jackass the owner must 

 pay to the clerk of the circuit court of some county in the 

 state the highest sum which he intends to ask or receive 

 for the season of one mare. This payment to the clerk 

 must not be less than $10 and the receipt of the 

 clerk is a license for one year and exempts the stallion 

 or jack from all other state tax. Any owner standing his 

 stallion or jack without a license forfeits twice the sum 

 above mentioned. Upon information under oath, the sher- 

 iff may seize any stallion or jack standing without a 

 license. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



"The owner or keeper of a stallion for breeding pur- 

 poses shall, before advertising the service thereof, file a 

 certificate of the name, color, age, size and pedigree, as 

 fully as obtainable, of said stallion, and of the name of 

 the person by whom he was bred, with the clerk of the 

 city or town in which said stallion is owned or kept, who 

 shall, upon payment of a fee of twenty-five cents, record 

 the same in a book to be kept for that purpose. Whoever 



