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tract whatever, but that such preference lien may be fore- 

 closed in the same manner as the statutory landlord's 

 lien is by law enforced; provided that where parties mis- 

 represent their stock by false pedigree, no lien shall ob- 

 tain. 



"The lien herein provided shall remain in force for a 

 period of ten months from the birth of said progeny, but 

 shall not be enforced until five months shall have elapsed 

 after such birth." 



UTAH. 



"Every person, firm or company, standing, traveling or 

 offering for sale any pure-bred or grade stallion in this 

 State, shall cause the name, description and pedigree of 

 such animal to be enrolled by the said board, and procure 

 a certificate of such enrollment from such board, which 

 shall thereupon be presented to, and recorded by the regis- 

 ter of deeds of the county in which said stallion is used or 

 sold for public service. 



"In order to obtain the license certificate herein pro- 

 vided for, the owner of each pure-bred or grade stallion 

 shall make oath before a notary public, or any other officer 

 authorized to administer oaths, that such stallion is, to the 

 best of his knowledge, free from hereditary, contagious or 

 transmissible unsoundness, or disease, or, in lieu thereof, 

 may file a certificate of soundness signed by a duly quali- 

 fied veterinarian who shall be a graduate of a recognized 

 veterinary college, and shall forward this affidavit, or 

 veterinarian's certificate, together with the stud book cer- 

 tificate of registry of the pedigree of the said stallion and 

 other necessary papers relating to his breeding and owner- 

 ship, to the Board of Horse Commissioners. 



"The owner of any stallion, standing for public service 

 in this State shall post and keep affixed, > during the entire 

 breeding season, copies of the license certificate of such 

 stallion, issued under the provisions of the next preceding 

 section, in a conspicuous place where said stallion stands 

 for public service. 



"Every bill, poster, or advertisement issued by the 

 owner of any stallion, enrolled under this act or used by 

 him for advertising such stallion, shall contain a copy of 

 its certificate of enrollment. 



"Every person in the State of Utah complying with the 

 provisions of this Act, shall have a lien on the mare and a 

 first lien upon the offspring of such service to the amount 

 of the agreed service fee for the period of eighteen months 

 after service, and it shall not be necessary in order to se- 

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



