292 THE HOUSE BOOK. 



and that the provisions of this article so far as relates to 

 the filing of the statement aforesaid, have been complied 

 with." 



Having obtained his certificate, the owner of the sire has 

 a prior lien upon the get of the sire, for eighteen months 

 from the date of birth, "Provided, said owner or owners 

 shall within twelve months from the time of rendition of 

 such service by such certified sire file for record a state- 

 ment of account verified by affidavit or affirmation with the 

 recorder of the county wherein the service has been ren- 

 dered of the amount due such owner or owners for said 

 service, together with a description of the female served." 



No get of such sire is exempt from execution on a judg- 

 ment for service fee, provided the court rendering the judg- 

 ment certifies on the record, and on the execution with a 

 description of the dam that the progeny sought to be levied 

 upon is subject to the lien. 



TENNESSEE. 



Any person keeping a stallion, jack, bull or boar for 

 public use has a lien on the offspring of the same for the 

 season to be paid. 



This lien continues for ten months from the birth of 

 offspring and is enforced as landlords' liens are enforced. 

 The pedigree under oath of any stallion, jack or bull, 

 claimed to be pedigreed live stock, and used for public 

 breeding must be filed and recorded with the clerk of the 

 county court, presumably in the county where the animal 

 is kept or stood for service. During the breeding season a 

 certified copy of the pedigree as recorded must be posted 

 conspicuously in three different places in the county where 

 the owner lives or the animal is stood for service. Anyone 

 who knowingly posts or records a false pedigree is liable to 

 a fine of from $25 to $100. 



TEXAS. 



"The owner or keeper of any stallion, jack, bull or boar, 

 who keeps the same confined for the purpose of standing 

 him for profit, shall have a preference lien upon the 

 progeny of such stallion, jack, bull or boar, to secure the 

 payment of the amount due such owner or keeper for the 

 services of such stallion, jack, bull or boar, and such lien 

 shall exist by reason of the force and effect of the pro- 

 visions hereof, and it shall never be necessary in order to 

 secure and fix said lien to secure, file or register any con- 

 tract or statement thereof with any officer, nor shall it be 

 necessary that the owner of such progeny execute any con- 



