934 SHEEP INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES 



SEC. 4. Any "board of county commissioners making such order as is provided for 

 in the first section of this act is authorized, when in the opinion of the board it may 

 be necessary, to levy a special tax not exceeding one-half of one mill on each dollar 

 of taxable property in the county, for the purpose of raising funds from which to 

 make the payments provided for in this act. 



SEC. 5. When any such order as is provided for in section one of this act shall be 

 made, a copy thereof shall be printed in some newspaper published in the county 

 not less than six times in each year in which it remains in force, and at least one 

 copy in each such year shall be posted up in some conspicuous place in each precinct 

 of the county. 



SEC. 6. Any false swearing in making oaths to the statements required by this act 

 shall be perjury. 



SEC. 7. This act shall be in full force from and after its passage. 



Approved, February 17, 1891. 



AN ACT relating to the killing of animals. 



SECTION 1. Any person killing, or causing to be killed, any bovine cattle or sheep, 

 for his own use or for the use of others, or for the purpose in whole or in part of 

 sale or exchange, is hereby required to keep in his own possession, unchanged and 

 unmutilated and in condition to be easily inspected and examined, all hides and 

 pelts of such animals, including the ears, for the period of thirty days after the kill- 

 ing; and shall at any time while such hides or pelts remain in his possession per- 

 mit the same to be inspected and examined by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or consta- 

 ble, or by any board or inspector, or other officer authorized by law to inspect any 

 hides and pelts, or animals, whether dead or alive: Provided, hoivever, That the pro- 

 visions of this act shall not apply to the killing by persons engaged in public 

 round-up of animals for use in connection with the making of such round-up. 



SEC. 2. Each violation of the provisions of this act shall be punished, in the dis- 

 cretion of the court in whieh a conviction is had, by a tine of not less than twenty- 

 five nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three 

 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



SEC. 3. Inability or refusal to show such hide or pelt to any proper authority 

 within said period of thirty days, or a refusal to show it at any time thereafter while 

 remaining in the possession of the person by or for whom the animal was killed 

 shall be conclusive evidence of a violation of the provisions of this act, and shall be 

 competent evidence to go to the jury upon the trial of any indictment against such 

 person or persons for the larceny of any animal or animals, or for the receiving of 

 stolen property. No conviction, however, under such indictment shall be had on 

 such evidence alone, but such evidence must be corroborated by other independent 

 evidence, which, if standing alone, would tend to connect the accused with the com- 

 mission of the offense charged. 



SEC. 4. Upon any prosecution for a violation of the provisions of the first section 

 of this act, the defendant shall be allowed, after verdict, to submit to the court evi- 

 dence of any facts tending to excuse or explain his inability or refusal to show any 

 hide or pelt, and the court shall consider such evidence in fixing his punishment; 

 and in cases where such evidence, in the opinion of the court, is sufficient to justify 

 it, sentence may be indefinitely suspended. 



SEC. 5. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed, 

 and this act shall be in force from and after the first day of April, 1891 ; but this act 

 shall not be construed as repealing or in any manner changing the provisions of sec- 

 tions 71 to 75, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1884. 



