ee ge I I NF TIT TO ND OTT | = sie le sepa oer s+ satara tg etesent — SSS ~~ — a w= = “THE LAW | REGULATING THE © STALLIONS» IN ILLINOIS AND ESTABLISHING A } i Stallion Registration Board ~ ie ey In Force January Ist, 1910 inois State Ragister, Springfield. Laer T Te nem gett: THE LAW ‘ REGULATING THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF STALLIONS IN ILLINOIS AND ESTABLISHING A Stallion Registration Board In Force January Ist, 1910 — DEC = . ; n- Ss zs f be THE LAW An Act to regulate the public service of Stal- lions in Illinois. Srotrion 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assentbly: Every person, firm or company standing or offering any stallion for public service in this State shall cause the name, de- seription, and pedigree of such stallion to be enrolled by a stallion registration board herein- after provided for and secure a license from said- board, as provided in Section 3 of this Act. All enrollment and verification of pedi- gree shall be done in the office of the Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. All license certificates for stallions issued under this Act shall thereupon be presented to and re- corded by the register of the deeds of the county or counties in which said stallion is used for public service. § 2. In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, there shall be constituted a Stallion Registration Board, whose duty it shall be to verify and register pedigrees; to pass upon certificates of veterinary examination; to pro- vide, when necessary, for veterinary inspection; to issue stallion license certificates; to make all necessary rules and regulations; and to perform such other duties as may be necessary to carry out and enforce ‘the provisions of this Act. Said board shall hold meetings at the office’ of the Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture the first Tuesday and subsequent days of February, May, August and November of each year, and such other meet- ings as may be necessary. The Stallion Registration Board shall be composed of five members, consisting of the Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Agri- } 4 | culture, who shall be, ex-officio, secretary and executive officer of this Board; the State Vete-- rinarian, who is a member of the State Board of Live Stock Commissioners; the President and Secretary of the Illinois Horse Breeders’ Association, who shall not be one and the same person; and the President. of the Illinois Farm- ers’ Institute. §3. In order to obtain the license certificate herein provided for, the owner of each stallion shall forward an affidavit signed by a licensed | veterinarian to the effect that he has personally — examined such stallion and that to the best of this knowledge and belief said stallion is free. from hereditary, infectious, contagious, or trans- t missible disease or unsoundness. The. owner of | said stallion shall also furnish to the Stallion Registration Board the stud book certificate of registry of the pedigree of the said stallion. when said stallion is registered, and all other” necessary papers relative to his breeding and ownership. Upon verification of pedigree and eertificate of breeding (in case of pure bred stallions) and receipt of veterinarian’s affidavit, as provided for in this Act, a license certificate shall be issued to the owner. § 4. The presence of any one of the following named diseases shall disqualify a stallion for- public service and .the.inspecting veterinarian is hereby duly authorized to refuse to give an) affidavit of soundness to the owner of such stallions affected with any one or more of the} diseases herein specified in a transmissible or hereditary form, and the inspecting veterinarial | shall so report the same to the Secretary of the Stallion Registration Board: Periodic ophthalmia (moon blindness); bone spavin; ringbone; bog spavin; curb when ac-)| companied with curby formation of hock; of any contagious or infectious disease. 5 § 5. The Stallion Registration Board shall make and keep records of all stallions enrolled in the State of Illinois, said stallions to be enrolled as “pure bred,” ‘cross’ bred,’ or “srade,”’ according as the facts may have been determined. Upon making the enrollment of said stallion the Stallion Registration Board shall issue the above said license. The Stallion Registration Board is authorized in cases of emergency to grant temporary license certificates without veterinary examina- tions, upon receipt of an affidavit of the owner to the effect that to the best of his knowledge and belief said horse is free from infectious, contagious or transmissible disease or unsound- ness. Temporary license certificate shall be valid only until veterinary examination can reasonably be made. § 6. The owner of any stallion used for pub- lic service in this State shall post and keep affixed, during the entire breeding season, copies of the license certificate of such stallion, issued under the provisions of this Act, in a conspicuous place, both within and upon the outside of the main door leading to every stable or building where the said stallion is used for public service. Each bill and poster and each newspaper ad- vertisement shall show the enrollment certifi- eate number and state whether it reads “pure- bred, grade or cross bred.” § 7. ihe license certificate issued for a stal- lion whose sire and dam are of pure breeding and the pedigree of which is registered in a stud book recognized by the United States De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., an Act regulating the importation of breeding animals, approved March 3, 1903, shall be in the following form: 6 Illinois Stallion Registration Board Certificate of Pure-Bred Stallion No........ The pedigree of the stallion (name)......... F Owned ADyi net ares nas bee e% 2 Bred \ Dy on bf cae we ww See oe poe ee = pants cee Described as follows: ‘Color beeen eee eens Breed *<.% .. «32 cee Foaledin “‘the-Wear: <.0s..5.>2 , has been duly examined, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is registered as number........... PR ae eo es a oe choca Oke ee ce eaie stud book, said stud book being recognized and certified to by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. The above named stallion has been examined by........... =. s-seenn veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for public service in the State of Illinois. This license expires OR... ..00. sac 19¢% a (BISN|G) oie. aoe de Stee & ws Suet eons ee Secretary Illinois State Board of Agriculture and Stallion Regis- tration Board. Date. 666 Zens eelonete aie TS. The license certificate issued for a grade stallion, whose sire or dam is not pure-bred, shall be in the following form: Illinois Stallion Registration Board Certificate of Grade Stallion No. .. /\ si The pedigree of the stallion (name).........- Owned \ Dy. ~ 42 Wista Sue Ss sce) aber wlavaue 0v9 ca aeeepie ee nn Bred . Dy og « sis.e7ss koe 9 eraiar taco, bi se oe ee Described as follows: oJ] SNEED Pat Seca. cl, Stati enanieatetw. ate SulPviwie Gon aleveiere. 4c foaled in the year... .......: has been duly ex- amined, and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is not of pure breeding and is, therefore, not eligible for regristration in any stud book recognized and certified to by the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. ‘Cc. The above named stallion has been ex- 1D ESE Seno Sa veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for public service in the State of Illinois. miiseiicense €xXpireS ON.....5........8 BB lage eR Ne ieee sn es ee OE ae osha bate ae g Secretary Illinois State Board of Agriculture and Stallion Regis- tration Board. whose sire and dam are pure-bred, but not of the same breed, shall be in the following form: Illinois Stallion Registration Board Certificate of Cross-Bred Stallion No........ The pedigree of the stallion (name).......... Se Semis) 6 6 G6) e.e « © ¥ © 0 6) es oe pte ee ee SEO 6h) G8) 606) 0.0 G0 ee o (5.66 0 0 © -e © 6 9 6 6 oes 4 « 0 © Peete) @ Cueva v oe Gre tee » ve o 8 Moeegiin the year.......05... , has been duly examined, and it is found that his sire is regis- LC ae a stud Me et EVVUFIVOI: ow’. 5s So ee and this dam in Ne TE A oe stud book BPP PLIST icc. ete be A CON (ieee 0S ha i a a ries Such being the case, the said stallion is not eligible for registration in any stud book recog- 2 8 ; a nized and certified to by the Secretary of Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. The above named stallion has been examine | 0) GAP e ee SRE) Set ee cage ee Ne rial and is reported as free from infectious, ers 9 tagious, or transmissible disease or unsound ness, and is licensed to stand, for public service in the State of Illinois. This license expires ON. >. 2: ase pe ay A (Signed) «6.05 35.2. a ee < ses Dees Secretary Illinois State Board of . Agriculture and Stallion Regis- tration Board. Date. 4... 53 wr, eo eee 1942.3 § 8. FEEs.] A fee of $2.00 shall be paid to the Secretary of the Illinois Stallion Registra- tion Board for the examination and enrollment of each stallion pedigree and for issuance of a license certificate in accordance with the breed- ing of the stallion as above provided, which shall be good for a period of one year, and to carry out the provisions of this Act. The fee shall be paid to the Secretary of the Illinois Stallion Registration Board at the time the application is made for enrollment. Upon a transfer of the ownership of any stallion enrolled under the provisions of this Act, the certificate of enrollment may be trans- ferred to the transferee by the Secretary of the Illinois Stallion Registration Board upon Submittal of satisfactory proof of such transfer of ownership and upon payment of a fee of fifty cents. A fee of $1.00 shall be paid an- nually for the renewal of a license certificate. s 4%. Every stallion passing inspection shall be exempt from further inspection, unless from later developments it becomes known, and a complaint is filed, certified to by three men, 5 9 one of whom shall be a licensed veterinarian, that said stallion has some hereditary, con- tagious or infectious disease, which was not evident at the time of previous’ inspection. When such complaint is made and a request for inspection is asked for such complaint shall be filed with the Secretary of the Illinois Stal- lion Registration Board, who shall have another examination made. If such complaint is veri- fied it shall be so reported to the secretary, who shall revoke the license in force: Provided, that the owner of any stallion used for public service in this State shall have a lien’on all colts sired by said stallion for the service fee for a period of one year from the date of the foaling of said colt. § 10. Violation of any of tthe provisions of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. § 11. The funds accruing from the above named fees shall be used by the ‘Stallion Regis- tration Board to defray the expenses of en- rollment of pedigrees and issuance of licenses; to provide for the examination of stallions when necessary; to publish reports or bulletins con- taining lists of stallions examined, which shall _ be not less than every two years; to encourage the horse breeding interests of this State; to disseminate information pertaining to horse breeding, and for any other such purposes as May be necessary to carry.out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this Act. Each member of the above committee, excepting the Secretary, shall receive five dollars ($5.00) per day for each day actually employed under the provisions of this Act, together with his travel- ing expenses; the Secretary shall receive for his services an amount agreed upon by the Board: 10 It shall be the duty of the above said Stallion Registration Board to make an annual report, including financial statement, to the Governor of the State, and to enforce this law. All financial records of said Board shall be subject to inspection at any time by a public examiner. § 12.° This act shall take effect and be in force cn and after January 1, 1910. Approved June 10, 1909. Stallion Registration Board S. NoBiy KING, => 2- ~-. = ==... = «President Bloomington, Ill. THEODORE SMITH, - - - - - Vice-President Auburn, Ill. J. P. Mason, ~ wh pe ee Se pea siieer Elgin, Ill. Dr. J. M. WriGur, - - - Field Superintendent 1827 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. J. K. Dickirson, - = (-5 =". -=."Seeremgey Springfield, I. All communications should be addressed to the Secretary at Springfield, Ill. ee =~ ee yt NT ea llint geet IP. —— ~— ae 7 * g's Tey, cal LIBRARY OF CONGRESS i mM Hit | 956 4 i