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said replevin suit, and accounting to the owner for the 

 surplus realized by said sale. And the owner of any such 

 stallion or jack, when payment is made to him or his 

 agent, for any such get, shall deliver to the payee a receipt 

 in full for the amount so paid, and stating for what paid. 

 And any such keeper or owner of any stallion or jack, who 

 misrepresents the pedigree, or fails to publish a correct 

 pedigree of his stallion or jack, when excellency of good 

 qualities are claimed on account thereof, shall, upon proof 

 of such misrepresentation, forfeit the services in any case 

 when legally contested and proven, and shall be otherwise 

 punished as provided by law against the use of false pedi- 

 gree." 



OKLAHOMA, 



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

 advertise the terms upon which he will let such animal 

 to service by publication thereof in some newspaper in the 

 county where such animal is kept for a period of sixty days 

 during the season Of each year, or by printed handbills 

 conspicuously posted during such period in four or more 

 public places in said county, including the place where 

 such animal is kept; and the publication or posting as 

 aforesaid of the terms of such service shall impart notice 

 thereof to the owner of any female served by such stal- 

 lion, jack or bull during such season; and in all action and 

 controversies in respect to the foal or other product of such 

 service the owner of such female animal so served shall 

 be deemed to have accepted and assented to said terms, 

 when so advertised or posted as provided herein. 



"When the said terms of such service by any such ani- 

 mal, published or posted as provided in the above section, 

 shall provide that the foal or other product of such service 

 will be held for the money due for the services of such 

 stallion, jack or bull, then and in that event the owner or 

 keeper of any such animal may file with the recorder of 

 deeds of the county in which such animal is kept for 

 service, a certificate signed by the owner of the female 

 bred, or his representative, also the owner or keeper of the 

 male animal rendering the service, stating the terms of 

 such service, a description of the female served', also a 

 description of the male rendering the service, the date of 

 seiwice and acceptance of terms by owner of female, and 

 such certificate, if filed within three months after the 

 rendering of such srvice, shall become and continue a 

 lien on the offspring for the period of six months after 

 the birth thereof, and the filing of such certificate shall be 

 constructive notice to any third party of the existence of 



