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application is made and must be signed by the breeder if the fox was whelped 

 his property. If dam was sold after being bred the person owning her when 

 the fox was whelped must sign application, but transfer of dam is necessary 

 before owner's signature will be accepted. The owner of sire must certify to 

 service on transfer form. It shall be sworn and certified to, or affirmed before 

 an officer authorized to administer oaths. A duly appointed officer of the Asso- 

 ciation shall, after examination of the fox, affix the identification on the left ear 

 and fill in the certificate form attached for the purpose. 



4. The Breeder of the fox is the owner of the dam at time of mating. 



5. The First Owner of a fox is the owner of the dam at time the fox was 

 whelped. 



6. The term Owner may be held to include : Ranch Manager or Ranch Super- 

 intendent; Board of Directors or Business Manager of Incorporated Companies; 

 Owner of ranch in which fox was whelped, or individuals with proprietory 

 rights in the fox. 



7. When the sire of the fox offered for entry was not, at the time of service, 

 owned by the breeder of the animal, the owner of said sire must sign the appli- 

 cation in the place furnished for the purpose, giving year of mating, with the 

 name" and record number of sire and name of register in which he is recorded. 



8. No application for registration or transfer shall be considered until the 

 fees are paid, nor any number be assigned to the pedigree until every require- 

 ment has been complied with. 



9. In the case of a change of ownership of an animal, the buyer must obtain 

 from the seller a certificate of transfer written in ink upon a blank form 

 procured from the Record Office which will, when returned to the Record Office, 

 accompanied by the original certificate of registration, be entered upon the 

 record. The certificate of transfer shall be endorsed on the back of the original 

 certificate and returned to the applicant. In case of neglect or refusal of the 

 seller to give a certificate of transfer, tlie record of transfer may be made on 

 the written approval of a majority of the Executive Committee on evidence of 

 the sale and delivery of the animal. Transfers will be required from the first 

 and succeeding owners to the applicant for entry. If the animal is a female, it 

 must be stated whether or not she has been served, if served, date of service 

 must be given with the name and record number of the male, certified to by the 

 owner, or his authorized agent. 



10. In the application for registry of a fox whelped after the year nineteen 

 hundred and fourteen it shall be stated how many foxes in the litter were reared 

 to maturity and their sexes and color. 



11. When an animal may have been admitted or transferred through misrep- 

 resentation, or fraud, the Executive Committee shall, on discovery of the same, 

 declare the entry or transfer void, together with any entries or transfers of 

 descendants of such animal, and subsequent applications for entry or transfer 

 dependent on the signature of any person implicated in such fraud shall be 

 refused. 



12. No duplicate certificate shall be issued unless a Statutory Declaration of 

 applicant before a notary or commissioner is provided, setting forth reasons 

 why such a certificate is required. Such declaration shall be made on form 

 provided. 



13. No two foxes shall have the same name. To this end, the right shall 

 be reserved to change any name when necessary, preserving, however, as far as 

 practicable, some characteristic of the name given in the application. The word 

 "Young" or "Old" shall not be used in connection with a name or "1st" as 

 an affix to a name. 



