296 THE HORSE BOOK. 



where the sire is stationed for service. Having complied 

 with the statute, the owner has a lien on the female served 

 for one year from the date of service, and on the get for one 

 year from the date of birth, provided the owner files with 

 the county auditor of the county where the service was 

 rendered, a statement showing the amount due and giv- 

 ing a description of the female served. This statement 

 must be on oath and must be filed within six months from 

 the date of service or the date of birth, according whether 

 the lien is to be on dam or offspring. This lien is a pre- 

 ferred lien and is foreclosed as other liens on personal 

 property. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



The owner of a stallion, jack or bull has a lien on the 

 offspring of his animal if the service was by contract with 

 the owner of the female or his agent, at the time of serv- 

 ice. To perfect or enforce his lien the stallioner must 

 within six months from the birth of get file before some 

 justice of the county where the get may be, the affidavit 

 of himslf or of "some credible person," stating the amount 

 of lien, that it is due by contract and giving a description 

 of the foal or calf on which the lien is claimed. "Upon the 

 filing of such affidavit, the justice shall issue a warrant to 

 the sheriff or to a constable of the county who shall dis- 

 train the colt or calf for the amount claimed and the 

 same shall be disposed of as if taken for distress for rent." 



WISCONSIN. 



Every person, firm or company using any stallion or 

 jack for public service must enroll the name, description 

 and pedigree in the department of horse breeding of the 

 University of Wisconsin, and record the certificate of en- 

 rollment with the register of deeds of the county in which 

 the stallion or jack is used for public service. 



In order to obtain this license certificate the owner must 

 make oath before a notary public, or any officer authorized 

 to administer oaths, that the stallion or jack 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 regular graduate of a rec- 

 ognized veterinary college, or by a registered veterinarian 

 who shows proof that he was in practice in this state for a 

 period of five years prior to the year 1887 and shall make 

 oath to said certificate before a notary public, or any officer 

 duly authorized to administer oaths," and the affidavit or 

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



