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copies of such certificate shall also be posted conspicu- 

 ously in all places where such sire shall stand for service, 

 which certificate shall state the name, age, description, 

 pedigree and ownership of such sire and the terms and 

 conditions upon which the sire is advertised for service. 

 Such certificate shall be procured and filed prior to the 

 service of such sire, and all certificates procured and posted 

 according to this section shall be operative as long as the 

 terms and conditions remain the same. The original cer- 

 tificate shall follow the sire in all changes of ownership 

 and all transfers shall be recorded in the office of the 

 commissioner of agriculture and labor and a bill of sale 

 filed with the register of deeds, as is provided for the 

 filing of the original certificate, and that the provisions 

 of this chapter so far as relates to the filing of the state- 

 ment aforesaid have been complied 'with. 



"The owner of any sire receiving such certificate shall 

 have a lien upon the offspring of such sire and upon the 

 female served, upon filing at any time within eight months 

 after the service, in the office of the register of deeds of 

 the county in which such female is kept at the time of 

 service, a statement of the account thereof, together with 

 a description of the female served. Such lien shall exist 

 for a period of three years from the date of filing the 

 statement and shall have priority over all other liens and 

 incumbrances upon the offs'pring and the female served. 



"After the expiration of nine months from the filing of 

 the lien, or at any time after an attempt shall be made to 

 dispose of the female, or remove her from the county, the 

 lien may be enforced by a sale of the property covered 

 thereby, upon the notice and in the manner provided for 

 the foreclosure of mortgages upon personal property." 



OHIO. 



"That the keeper of any stallion or jack shall have a 

 lien upon the get of the same for the period of twelve 

 months after birth of the 'same, for the payment of the 

 service of any such stallion or jack. Such keeper or owner 

 may enforce said lien by replevin of the property before 

 any justice of the peace of the township where the prop- 

 erty is found, and after gaining possession of the same, he 

 may, after first giving ten days' notice to the reputed 

 owner thereof of his intention to do so, sell the same at 

 public sale after two weeks' notice of the time and place 

 of sale by notices posted up in five conspicuous and public 

 places in the township where proceedings in replevin are 

 had, and out of the proceeds of sale retain the amount due 

 him for said service, with the costs by him incurred in 



