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service. Bills and advertisements of a licensed stallion 

 must contain a copy of the license certificate, but must not 

 contain illustrations, pedigrees or other matter that is un- 

 truthful or misleading. The registration fee is two dollars 

 with an annual renewal fee of one dollar. Stallions must 

 be examined every four years until ten years of age, and 

 after the first examination are exempt at ten years of age 

 or over. Upon change of ownership the license certificate 

 may be transferred by the secretary of the board of en- 

 rollment. Violators of any of the provisions of the act 

 are liable to a fine of from $25 to $100 for each offense. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



A privilege tax of $5 is imposed on all stallions or jacks 

 which stand for fee. The owner of a stallion, jackass or 

 bull has a lien on its offspring for the price agreed to be 

 paid therefor, and may enforce such lien in the manner 

 provided for enforcing the lien of stable keepers, subject 

 to all of the provisions of the chapter on that subject. 

 "But if the owner shall have falsely represented the breed- 

 ing, registration, or pedigree of his stallion, jackass or 

 bull, by advertisement or otherwise, he shall not have a 

 lien * * * as against any person who acted under the 

 belief that such representation was true; and, in such 

 case, the owner of the animal shall not have any claim for 

 the service of the stallion, jackass or bull." 



This lien runs for twelve months after the birth of off- 

 spring and is good against the world, including subsequent 

 purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice. 



MISSOURI. 



The owner or keeper of any stallion, jack or bull may 

 advertise the terms upon which he will let any such ani- 

 mal to service, by publication in some newspaper of the 

 county where the animal is kept, for sixty days during 

 the season of each year, or by printed hand-bills conspicu- 

 ously posted during such period, in four or more public 

 places in the county, including the place where the animal 

 is kept; and such publication or posting shall impart no- 

 tice thereof to the owner of any female served by such 

 sire during that season, and the owner of the female 

 served shall be deemed to have accepted and assented to 

 the said terms, when so published or posted. 



"When the terms of service as posted or published, shall 

 provide that the offspring of the service will be held for 

 the service fee, the owner of the sire shall have a lien on 

 the offspring of any female served, for the period of one 



