The Stockmen’s — Legal Guide For Nebraska and lowa . PUBLISHED BY Stockmen’s Claim Association OMAHA, NEBRASKA PACKERS] | — National Bank | ee South Omaha, Neb. == Capital and Surplus $300, 000. 00 J. F. Coan, President | ae Pata Ww. J. Coan, Viee-Pres-- All branches of bank- [| H. C. NicHoxson, Cashier ing in connection with [| H. F, TRuMBLE, Ass’t Cash. the a Stock Industry ey Meee T. J. SHANAHAN, Ass’ & Cash. hy a 4% Interest Paid on Tir ime Deposits | eps | DAVENPORT | : CG. Humphreys, Proprietor | Electric Lghts .. Steam Heat.. ae eee se | ——_ American or ae Bar in connection. % block East - 310-12-14 Virginia Street Sioux City, =<:- - Towa = ox- Jones -Van Alstine Co. ee ae Successful Handlers of Live Stock Experienced salesmen in each depart- ment. Efficient Yard help. Good fillsa specialty. We handle Cattle, Hogs and Sheep on commission only. We buy cattle and sheep on orders. Buying the right kind at the lowest market price. 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Lady attendant for Ladies from -Sa; m. to 6 p. m., or any time | by appointment. - % JOHN A. SOLOMON Proprietor 507 No. 24th St., SOUTH OMAHA, NEB. Bell Phone South 2992 ,@ Opposite Postoifice. FEB 24 1914 OCLA869108 _ HD / Introduction Every man is presumed to know the law, and ignorance of the law is no excuse for a violation of it—so say the maxims. It is however, utterly impracticable for every man to be a lawyer and know all the laws, yet it is practicable for him to be at least passing- ly familiar with those laws which govern and control his business. The laws are the rules and regulations which he is forced to ob- serve for the protection and well-being of himself and his fellow- man. And especially is this true of the stockman. There is, perhaps, no set of men engaged in any business in this state who are so con-._ stantly being brought face to face with circumstances and situa- tions which place their rights in jeopardy as is the stockman. Ev- ery time he ships in a stallion, a bull or a boar—every time he places them in his fields on the range—every time he shins his stock to market—he is surrounding himself with a perfect maze of duties which must be performed on his part and on the part of others that no one will be damnified. And he should know just what his rights are under any given case—“forewarned is forearmed.” It is because of these facts that this book has been compiled and written. It sets forth the laws as they were created by statute, with certain decisions of the State Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court interpreting them—which decisions form the nucleus of the various articles. The author claims no originality of thought in this book—in fact the converse is true. These laws began in their formation upon the beginning of man and are the outgrowth of centuries upon centuries of careful thought and study of the wisest sages of each generation— each generation weeding out the bad and replacing them with good, modifying and extending them and finally handing them down to the succeeding generation for its revision—eventually reaching us in the © year 1913 in their present form. _ The author does claim, however, that a passing familiarity with the laws contained in this book will mean the saving of hundreds’ of thousands of dollars annually to the stockmen. An erroneous impression is sometimes found current as to the conduct of business in a stock yards. It is not infrequently found that the stock yards, the commission houses and the packers are all confounded as one institution. Three separate and distinct branch- es of business are found in the conduct of the live stock business at all stock yards. The Stock Yards company does not do a business in 5 Stockmen's Claim Association Stock Claims Freight Claim Adjusters a EEE Common Law Carrier (—enrenreraneneienediEeRREenteneioeeeesiameeemed ee Bee Bldg. ~ Omaha, Neb. © THE BEER YOU LIKE No Beer Better Made No Better Beer Made Brewed and Bottled by Fred Krug Brewing Company OMAHA, U. S. A. Luxus Mercantile Co. 109-11 N. 16th St. Opposite Post Office the buying and selling of live stock; 15 is an institution that furnishes yards for the concentration and handling of live stock; its revenues are derived from pen rental and feed charges. The live stock commis- sion man is not a buyer and seller of cattle, hogs and sheep; heis the agent of the producer and handles the stock through the yards for a com- mission paid by the seller; he does not make his revenues by the purchase and sale of stock; he is the medium between the original owner and the packer. The packer does not speculate in live stock in the yards; he buys the live stock, takes it to the abattoir and there proceeds by different processes to transform that. stock into merchantable packing house products. However, not all of the live stock arriving in the stock vards goes direct to the packers. The stock yards has another market. Much of the stock arriving at the yards is unfit for killing. Large num- bers of this class of stock, cattle and sheep, especially, are brought by farmers to be taken back to the country to be fed out and made ready for the slaughter house and the meat block. THE AUTHOR. SIOUX CITY’S FOREMOST CLOTHES STORE PS MSD NS 5 PL LATA PEE E EICNS RSE EN ne FF Gh T gt ERR gS ea PO 28 . aT ‘THs store is often a revelation to peo- ple when first they come here for a . look or to buy. Here only merchandise of known quality and worth is sold—add to it the advantage of low price and perfect service and the result is Satisfaction. OUR GUARANTEE A Dollars Worth for Every Dollar or Every Dollar Back, takes positive care of that. KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES STETSON HATS The Moore Clothing Co. Sioux City, - - lowa. \ law Offices of JOHN O. YEISER Bee Building Omaha. To Whom It May Concern: This is to certify that I have examined the manuscript for this publication with a view of determining whether or not the Same contains a substantial statement of the laws. While I have not made a clerical comparison still I was unable to detect any errors. I am very much impressed with the value of this publi- cation to farmers and stockmen. Sincerely yours, (Signed) JOHN O. YEHISER. Wm. C. R. Nollmann, A. A. Kruse, Pres. Sec. & Treas. & Tile Tile Work— Bath Rooms, Vestibules, Floors. Onyx and Marble— Floors, Stairs, Wainscot. Terrazzo— Floors, Base. Mantels— Grates, Andirons. Terra Cotta— Structural Slate, Slate Blackboards. Roofing— Slate, Tile and Gravel. 110-112 N. 14th St. Omaha, Neb. How to Collect Claims Important Suggestions promulgated by Carriers to Secure the Co- operation of the Shipping Public, Endorsed by the Freight Claim Association, Comprising Practically All Car- riers in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Honest, frank and hearty co-operation on the part of claimant in presenting claim with proper evidence does much to expedite set- tlement. The policy of carriers today is to establish the validity of a claim and not to avoid liability. The Freight Claim Agent is bound to live within the scope of the law and cannot subject himself, his Company or the claimant to the severe fines and penalties imposed by law by paying claims until the facts and measure of legal liability are established. (“It is not the proper practice for railroad companies to adjust claims immediately on presentation and without investigation. The fact that shippers may give a bond to secure repayment in case, upon subsequent ex- aminations, the claims prove to have been improperly adjusted, does , not justify the practice.” Extract from Interstate Commerce Com- mission Bulletin No. 38, Article No. 68.) Any loss or damage, immediately on discovery, should be reported to the Agent of the delivering line, and every opportunity should be afforded him to inspect and verify the same, and in no case: should report of this loss or damage be pele? beyond ort hours after receipt of goods. Delay in making complete investigation is sometimes unavoid- able on account of the numerous agencies involved. It must be borne in mind that every claim must undergo some investigation, since re- ports of loss or damage are not always at the finger tips of the Claim Department. Delay in adjusting claims for damages often arises through the refusal of consignee to accept property which has been delayed or damaged in transit. It should be understood that the acceptance of such delayed or damaged property does not in any way jeopardize any proper claim which the owner may have against the carrier; in fact, the law expressly provides that a consignee must accept his own property and use all diligence in disposing of it with a view of min- imizing loss. If a carrier fails to acknowledge receipt of a claim, it is an over- sight. In acknowledging receipt of claims the official in charge of the Claim’ Department furnishes a claim number under which all cor- respondence pertaining to that claim is handled, and it would very much expedite the work in the freight claim office if reference was made to this claim number in any correspondence from claimant or on statements of account periodically sent. 11 Purity, Quality THE TASTE TELLS Age 100% Goldstrom’s Straight Pure Whiskey The constant demand for a pure 100% straight Whiskey has placed us in a position to give you the best value for the money. This Whiskey is a 2-stamp, fine, mellow whiskey, put up by us in one-gallon glass bottles with our 15 years of business guarantee behind it. For medicinal use and purity it has no equal. Every bottie has the green stamp with 100 per cent proof on same to as- sure you that we want to give you fine quality Whiskey. A'l we ask is a trial order. Money refunded if not satisfied. This Whis- key is distilled for us in Registered Dist. No. 1, of Nebraska, from Nebraska and Iowa’s choice grain. Patronize your home market. Why send away for your liquors when you can get the same at home? We give prompt delivery. All goods shipped in plain boxes same day on receipt of ordcr. Don’t delay. Order today. 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POLK CoO. has 500 beautiful clear lakes, moderating the air all the year; No snow no “Blizzards”. Boating, Bathing, Fishing, Autoing; Golf and Ball; Fresh Vegetables and Ripe Strawberries are winter delights. If you were there wouldn’t you think that delightful? MY POLK CO. land, set to gerove would cost you around $150 per acre. Properly cared for 5 years, it is worth $500 per acre. Isn’t that good profit? ‘This Orange and Grapefruit grove, after 5 years old, will yield $100 to $1,000 per acre net. Isn’t that a nice income? Wouldn’t you like 10 or 20 acres? Mr. Koplin last year sold his fruit .from 7% acres for $11,900.00 Mr Stephens sold his fruit from a 5- acre grove for $8,000.00 net. Both in POLK CO. My raw land in POLK CO. prices $40 to $100 per acre. It will pay you to investigate this. Write NOW for literature telling you all about it. Call personally if you can. Address C. G. SOMERS _ | 882 Brandeis Building, Omaha, Nebraska. TABLE OF CONTENTS ENE RODUCTION 5 8502. een nn fen YR st ae en cae ch Spies 5 PV RO MCOMUHOR CMAEMS. oye or. Le ees Bag iene res Neh eden 14 NEBRASKA LAWS: Laws Covering a Shipmeni..... Se Naeger a TY RA ed Dele (YD ELSIE AY 6 18190 PEK oA KS hace WPTTEGH 0] Ts aap aa PSO 0 CPR eA a a 21 DNS Sei BAR eaters, EUS i SS ae AU De ke ee A a Re ce ee eee 22 Sirah ost acini Si bated ies eee, ie ee MS A eer yok tee Gare UN a as 23 Herding, Estrays, Htc. ..... feed eh Maines a 39 Diseased Stock and Quarantine eae ne 38 ESE SATD IR) Rana Et me Dae RN A i on er a 4§ SED EUG S 70 LW GES ea Si hes ari a ra ta ac Gs ai a HGR Pea Tk a Cranage = AN aRANS i Viel Maeda nie west See ee aD Se nage eS aew 57 Tein Ag Te ale i SWONe OUI lie: Does angen) WN Siedler CON See Eee ol pene ae UNA 59 SECM NEUES) GA es POSR seis ts, Sek Ky eas Pete Ps Pale. 2 62 eRe ey tates Leal Wh SUNG IK eee) wich 2 4 Plow aie ear cose sped Miduatwie a Biche eas 3 EMS POIs MNCGOn vets om en lee he cet Can, ee ties chive lee eas Behe fake Ya 64 PROC WEION oe x5 serail a Bi ce MaNE Oe contin, dai a mum Rana). ay sel babe Rebs Shak eal 64 SIP Ape GM cee ra RUM e he a hy sea acc l Br ihe » eben trend aye a hos i ry SMe 64 Creliny Ope ia aS maa. ok a ee. Gee SF er Ok 64 IOWA LAWS: Stallions, Jacks and Registered Pedigreed Stock.......... 65 IB Xatdateteni coy ha aa 7 WIS yt ieee ek ar EP Seen eect ae OURS Rae ROE ct 68 IGIMES SHOCK) WER IMONE PINS AL ATES Vel ee Cte a das wl mee one 3 Gigion eg eee. douned sc geeees et Aa Ae el Oa Gate RW A ee ee 3 Miser sed Stock; and Oudrantine LAWS.) 2.0 ole oe Leas 76 SISTSTRO ME Wahee WOR sce Lean ole Rey ME eg ok eal ae ede 82 ENC C Se. eat ee ak Wie Coles Mpa ee Baie de aioly ii al em Pa 82 Commission of Animal Health.......... Me SR neue CUA 2 8 87 Associations for Promotion of Live Stock Industry........ 88 Dairy and Beef Cattle Indus:ry.. CER, Wa ON OT Sy al 7 Na 9() Cette Rison vat wa arnmic UNAM GS tac cle Natok a kid Sieh che aia) ale 92 UNITED STATES LAWS AND SANITARY REGULATIONS....... 93 RAL ROSD ARLES AND REGULATIONS ! oi sick cscseiee +6 2 at ol 119 The Birthplace of advanced ideas in the handling of Live Stock Rice Brothers Live Stock Commission Merchants Sioux City Chicago Kansas City The home of “SERVICE THAT SERVES.” heidel- Brau ie Bae Bottled Beers are the Best SIOUX CITY BREWING COMPANY | Sioux City, - . : lowa Stockmen’s Legal Guide NEBRASKA LAWS Laws Covering a Shipment THE CARS. Upon determining to ship, the stockmen should give his order to the railroad company for the desired number of cars, stating the size, class (single or double deck), etc., and should confirm his order in writing immediately. Should he desire a special car, such as a “Palace Stock Car’, his order should so specify. These cars must be furnished promptly and without discrimina- tion and set at the desired point. They must also be safe and suit- able for the transportation of stock, and, in order to make them . such, should contain an adequate amount of bedding. Under all cir- cumstances the railroad company must comply with the provisions. LOADING. Unless otherwise stipulated and agreed the railroad company must load the stock in the cars, and will be liable for any negligence on their part in so doing. The shipper, however, may by agreement load the cars in which event he would be liable for any damage, excepting, of course, any damage the outcome of unsafe equipment furnished him or negligence on the part of the railroad company. The stock must be loaded by the railroad without unreasonable delay and when loaded must be placed in the train without any unreasonable delay. RAILROAD PENS. Shipping yards and pens must be maintained by the various rail- road companies. The railroad company’s pens must contain safe sheds for the protection of hogs at all shipping yards from which not less than forty cars of hogs are shipped a year and the shipping yards must be able to afford shelter for at least one car of hogs and the capacity of the shed protection must be increased so as to take care of one additional car of hogs for each additional forty cars shipped from such station yearly. but in no event need the sheds be built to accomodate more than four cars of hogs at any one time. It is a misdemeanor for the railroad company to violate any of the ‘above provisions and punishable by fine of not less than five dollars per day for every day of such failure or neglect. The State Rail- way Commission is empowered and it is their duty to enforce these provisions. A railroad company is liable te the shipper for injury to stock caused by these pens being defective or any other injury caused by failure to properly maintain these sheds in accordance with the above provisions. PRIVATE SHIPPING PENS. Private shipping pens are established as follows: Any shipper or association of shippers desiring to establish private shipping pens makes application to the railroad company in writing, setting forth the probable amount of livestock to be shipped during the next twelve months and giving the space desired on the company’s right of way on which to erect sheds for temporary shelter of livestock while awaiting shipment. This application must specifically set forth the plans for said shed, their position with reference to the railroad 15 tracks and shipping pens, together with any facts or arguments as, to why the application should be granted, and this application should be filed with the local agent at any station of such railroad. In case the application is rejected and an agreement cannot be reached, the applicant may present his petition to the State Railway Commission, reciting the facts set forth in the application and pray- ing for relief. The State Railway Commission will thereupon set a time for hearing upon the petition, make a thorough investigation of the facts and conditions set forth and issue such an order as may be reasonable and within the powers of the Commission. Should the rail- road company refuse to comply with the order of the Commission within thirty days after its issuance, it will be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any loss sustained by livestock shippers because of such failure. However, it must be kept in mind that the railroad company is not liable under any of the provisions set forth, for the destruction of the sheds or structures, any damage thereto or destruction or damage to animals contained therein. The shipper assumes that risk. PRIVATE SIDE-TRACK. A shipper may have a private side-track established, equipped and maintained, at which to load and unload his stock if it appears to be reasonable and just that such side-track should be established. These side-tracks may be built wholly at the expense of the railroad com- pany; partially at their expense (according to whether or not the es- tablishing of such tracks would be justified by the amount of revenue derived from such) or wholly at the expense of the shipper. It must, pow appear that it would be warranted by the amount of revenue erived. Under this statute the railroad company must treat all persons and corporations fairly and equally and without discrimination or favoritism in this regard and any person who is dissatisfied with the amount required to be paid by him towards the construction of such track may bring civil action and have the issues judicially determined. After such determination then, should the company fail for sixty days to comply with the decision of the Court the person so aggrieved may file his petition again in the District Court of the County in which his industry is carried on, and deposit or enter into sufficient security for the payment to be made on his part toward the con- struction of such track, together with a statement that he is ready, willing and able to comply with the orders of the Court in the first case. Whereupon the Court shall grant any appropriate relief author- ized by law. STOCK IN PENS. . Immediately upon the delivery of the livestock by the shipper and their being accepted by the railroad company the railroad company’s liability commences. The general rule is that a common carrier is an | insurer of the safe delivery of the livestock. The delivery to a rail- road company of livestock in good condition and the arrival of the livestock at destination in bad condition makes a prima facie case against the carrier. The railroad company is liable for any loss or injury from whatever cause arising, excepting only the act of God or the public enemy. By “the act of God or the public enemy” is meant _ such things as cannov be foreseen and guarded against. For instance: A washout is of common occurrence and should be guarded against and the carrier is held liable for any damages caused thereby. But in the case of a tornado or a stroke of lightning it is different—it would be impossible to guard against either of them and to hold a carrier liable would be an injustice. While the railroad company is not an insurer of the arrival of its i 16 |Great Western -Commission Co. Your best interests cared for in every particular. Ship your live stock to them or send them your orders for feeding © stock. They are specialists in both selling and buying. rea aie Neb. Denver, Colo. H. W. BINDER Farm Loans Loans made on Nebraska farms at lowest rates—with privilege of prepayment on interest dates. 820-825 City Nat’l Bank Bldg. Omaha, -:- . ef Nebraska @Have your teeth properly attended to by Expert Dentists. @The best of workmanship, the best of materials and at reasonable rates, insures perfect satis- faction W@W We Vitalized Air for Painless Syivaction Taft’s Dental Rooms > a 1517 Douglas St., Omaha, Neb. i: : Westover a Wyckoff. Cord Pe & True — | Auto & Taxi — |Company — Auto and oc. ‘Sisnk City, iowa. Taxi Livery Gee | Rates 7 Reasonable Prompt Service ; ee Day or Night Stockman’ s “Trade ee Specialty Stockman’s Trade a Specialty = ae oe : Phone? i iowat50l OMAHA, NEB. Blt 4th petect: trains on schedule time, still in case of a material delay the company oe show that the delay was caused by some other than its own neg- igence. The railroad company is not liable for damage to stock placed in the yards for subsequent shipment, the owner retaining the right to remove them before shipment and in such case the company’s liability is that of an ordinary bailee. THE CONTRACT. Under tke constitution of the state of Nebraska “The liability of railroad corporations as common carriers shall never be limited” and, hence, any attempt to do so would be unconstitutional. Any provision in a contract, binding upon the initial carrier, is binding upon its connection carriers. A railroad taking a shipment to be transported over its line to a certain junction and there transfer- red to another railroad for further transportation, binds both itself and the connecting carrier and both are liable in event of damage. Blooded animals and valuable animals. should be so stated and release valuation so stated. The decisions in this regard hold that a common carrier cannot release its liability to any amount less than the actual value of the stock and state that any provision in a contract attempting to so limit it is void—this on an intra-state (“in the state”) shipments but hold that on an inter-state (“from state to state”) shipment the provision is good. Thus, a hog valued at $40.00 is released at $10.00 in case of injury, death or damage. Now if this shipment moves wholly within the state of Nebraska this release is not good. However, if the hog is sent from Nebraska into Iowa, then the release holds and the shipper can recover but the released valu- ation—$10.00. The shipper will keep in mind, then, that any releas- ed value on a livestock shipment moving in this State is not good. If a special market is desired it should be so stated in the con- tract, otherwise the carrier is held to schedule—subject, of course, to the eighteen hour law. In the event of any damage or injury to stock due to the negli- gence of a railroad company or its employees the railroad company is liable for such injury irregardless of any provision in the contract. to the contrary. A carrier is liable for damages, losses, injury or the escape of stock by reason of defective yards or equipment. As stated before the railroad company is liable for defective cars furnished for transportation of stock—the equipment must be safe, clean and any provision in the contract to the contrary is void. A railroad company is liable for damages by fire in straw and hay used for feed while on the premises of the carrier or the escape of the stock from the cars. A carrier is liable for misconduct of employees, laborers or oth- ers whom them employ to load unload or handle live stock, while in the performance of their duties, A carrier is not liable for damages caused by the elements, except as contributed to by the negligence of the carriers. For example: A earrier would not be liable for hogs suffering from the heat, but it would be were the stock to suffer to a greater extent by the failure of the railroad company to provide a shed so that the animals could get in the shade. ; . _.. Any provision limiting the time in which a claim is to be present- ed is void, excep’ as provided by statute. For instance: A clause in a contract stipulation that the shipper loses his rights to file a claim after the expiration of thirty days, is utterly void and of no effect. Any provision exempting the carrier from liability in case of in- jury to the person or persons in charge of livestock is void and of no force. The shipper should insist on having a duplicate original of his 17 contract (other:than the one given him which carries his transporta- -.tion permit) for his information and file. It has also been held that in the event of a shipper agreeing to personally accompany and take care of the watering of the livestock and-is given free transportation for that purpose and supplied with adequate facilities, that he cannot be heard to complain at the end of the trip that the stock did not receive that attention, as the fault is his own. But should the shipper agree to furnish a caretaker and fail to do so and the company being aware of this failure, proceeds under the shipping contract, in that event the railroad company would be liable to the shipper for any loss resulting from such failure to prop- erly care-and protect the stock. So is it also true that in case of no agreement being entered into regarding this feature, that the company will be liable for any want of proper care in transit and will be liable for any loss or damage. | Due care must always be exercised by the railroads in transport- ing a shipper’s stock. The shipper should keep the above points well in mind. Just what motive or reason prompts the incorporation of void provisions and stipulations in a live stock contract—or any other contract—when they certainly must be known to be utterly of no force and effect is an unanswerable question—unless it is the fact that it is an attempt to defeat the shipper of his rights in case of damage. No doubt the shipper, unaware of the voidness of these provisions, when brought face to face with them in event of damage, thinks he has defeated his rights of recovery by signing a contract containing such provis- ions and either withdraws his claim or accepts a small sum far be- ~ low the amount he is entitled to in settlement—and thinks that the - carrier has made him a gift out of the goodness of their hearts. These void provisions are very unfair and their incorporation in a contract, when once they are tested and found void, should be unlaw- ful and should be punishable as a fraud committed upon the damaged - shipper. STOCKMEN’S TRANSPORTATION. The shipper is entitled to transportation either for himself, his - agent or employee from the point of origin of the shipment to desti- nation and return to the point of origin. If more than six cars are shipped then the shipper is entitled to two men and should two or ~ more cars be shipped in two or more differen trains or in two sepa- rate sections of the same trains, then the shipper would be entitled to have a man with each such train or section in which he has a car - of stock. Should the railroad company refuse transportation to the ship- per then it would be liable for all damages sustained, the cost of the shipper’s transportation to and returning from point of desti- nation, together with the costs of suit and a reasonable attorney fee. For the second offense the statutes provide a liability of double “the damages and cost of transportation both ways, together with the costs of suit and a reasonable attorney fee; and for the third ‘Offense, triple damages, triple costs of transportation, together with the cost of suit and a reasonable attorney fee. CABOOSE. The shipper is entitled to ride in a caboose or other suitable ‘car so fitted as to be comfortable and sanitary. It must have a toilet room and water tank with plenty of clean water for the ac- ‘commodation of the stockmen. If the train has a haul of seventy- five miles or more it shall be fitted with comfortable seats such as “are used on ordinary passenger cars, adequate heat and ventilation; a toilet room and water tank with plenty of clean water. An addi- tional car of similar character shall be furnished on all stock trains 18 for the accommodation of care takers of stock at the first tra division point reached after it shall appear that fifteen or more~ca takers are accompanying or will accompany live stock to be trans- ported on such train prior to its arrival at the next train division point. The Nebraska State Railway Commission will see that these provisions are enforced. Upon arrival at stations where change of cars is necessary the caboose shall be stopped not more than one-half mile from waiting room to be provided by the railroad company and’ it is the duty of the conductor of the train, or other employee of and designated by said company to show the shipper where the waiting room is located and instruct him to remain there until called for; and at the time or before time of starting of the trains carrying the shipper it shall be the duty of an employee of the railroad company to call at the waiting-room and show him to his caboose or the car in which he is to ride, and this car must not be placed more than one-- half a mile from the waiting room. Should vhe above provision be violated the offending company shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and upon conviction fined not less than $100, for each day’s negligence or refusal to comply therewith. SPEED OF LIVE STOCK 'SHIPMENTS. Livestock must be transported at a rate of speed so that the time consumed in said journey from the initial point of receiving: said stock to the point of feeding or destination, shall not exceed one hour for each 18 miles traveled, including the time of stops at stations and other points, except where the initial point is not a division station and on all branch lines not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five miles in length on which branch lines the rate of speed shall be such that not more than one hour shall be consumed in traversing each fourteen miles of distance including the time of stops at stations or other points, from the initial point to the division station or over said branches. The time consumed in picking up and setting out, loading and unloading stock at stations, shall not be included in the time required. Upon branch lines not exceeding 125 miles in length, where there is less than six cars of live stock in one consignment, the rail- road company may select and designate three days in each week as stock shipping days, and publish and make public the days so desig-- nated and after giving ten days notice of the days so selected and designated shall be required upon its branch lines to conform to the- schedule above provided, but only upon such days. - For failure to maintain the speed above set forth the railroad company is liable to the shipper in the sum of ten dollars for each hour for each car over and in excess of such time, as liquidated damages. This law has been tested through the Supreme Courts of the State and the United States and has been declared good. THIRTY-SIX HOUR RELEASE. The Federal Laws provide that all stock must be unloaded for- feed rest and water at the expiration of twenty-eight hours unless the shipper signs a release to the effect that they may be kept on board the cars for a period of not to exceed thirty-six hours. How- ever, no stock can be released for a longer period and at the expi- ration of thirty-six hours the stock must be unloaded, as above set~ forth. The time consumed in loading and unloading the stock is not- to be counted. STOCK YARDS. Upon arriving at the stock yardis the stock must be handled in» an expeditious manner. If it arrives between the hours of 6 o’clock: A. M. and 6 o’clock P. M. it must be unloaded and yarded, when the 19 shipper so requests within two hours after the delivery of the cars to the stock yards company by the connecting railroad, except in case of unavoidable delay or unusual circumstances. For each half hour’s delay in handling and unloading the stock beyond the period above set out the stock yard shall forfeit and pay to the shipper the sum of $5.00 for each car of livestock so delayed. There is a further - provision to the effect that this money must be paid within twenty- four hours after unloading the stock. and that payment is to be made by mailing a draft or certified check to the shipper, or his agent and in the event of collecting by law suit then an attorney’s fee of five dollars per car shall be allowed the shipper—not to exceed $15.00 for | any one shipment however. The statutes declare a stock yards company to be a common earrier and under the control of the State Railway Commission and subject to its orders. It is further provided that a record showing the time of delivery and turning over at the yard of stock to the commission firm, agent, or owner must be kept by every stock yard; that scale facilities suf- ficient to weigh all livestock without unreasonable delay must be furnished by such stock yards and that adequate yardage, capable of holding and handling all livestock must also be furnished and ae no charge for yardage shall be made where yards are not fur- nished. An act attempting to further regulate the stock yards was passed in 1897 but was declared unconstitutional by the Federal Courts and as the chances are that the State Courts would follow the lead of that court, this act will not be included in this book, as it would only vend to confuse. . An erroneous impression is sometimes entertained as to the con- duct of business in a stock yards. It is not infrequently that the stock yards, the commission houses and the packers are all considered as being one institution. Three separate and disvinct branches of busi- ness are found in the conduct of the livestock business. First. The Stock Yards company does not do a business of buy- ing and selling live stock. Its purpose is to furnish yards for the concentration and handling of live stock and its revenues are derived from pen rental and feed charges. Second. The live stock commission man is not a buyer and seller of cattle. hogs and sheep, but he is the agent of the producer and handles the stock through the yards for a commission paid by mea ay He is the medium between the original owner and the packer. Third. The packer does not speculate in live stock in the yards. He buys the live stock in the yards—takes it to the abattoir (slaugh- terhouses) and there proceeds by different processes to transform that stock into merchantable packing house products. coh However, not all of the live stock arriving in the stock yards goes direct to the packers. The stock yards has another market. Much of the svock arriving at the yards is unfit for killing. Large numbers of this class of stock—cattle and sheep especially—are bought by far- mers to be taken back to the country to be fed out and made ready for the slaughter house and the meat block. Nove: Stock brought into this country from foreign countries for exhibition or breeding purposes and teams of immigrants are admit- ted free of duty. 20 Common Carrier Liability We will not take time to dwell here on the points of liability _ discussed in the previous chapter. It is well, however, to emphasize some further points which properly fall under this heading. Regarding stock in transit—A railroad company is not liable for damage caused by the elements, (heat, etc); the inherent navure or propensities of the animal, except as contributed to by the negli- gence of the railroad. The burden of proof is on the carrier to show Maat the loss resulted from some cause which would have exempted it from liability. GATES ETC. It is the duty of the carrier to keep the gates of openings closed on the right of way, and any damages resulting from the failure or neglect of the railroad to close ne openings shall make them liable for any damage caused thereby. STOCK KILLED ON TRACKS. The railroad company is liable for all livestock killed or injur- ed by their agents, employes or engineers or the agents, employes or engines belonging to any other railroad running over and upon their tracks in the event Vnat both sides of their railroad track is not fenced. In the event that the animal is killed or injured, the owner should make an affidavit to that effect to any officer or agenv of the company, and after thirty days’ such notice in the event of the failure of settlement, Une owner may bring an action to recover damages and the railroad company shall be liable in double the value of the animal injured killed or destroyed. Should the railroad company not object to the value of the property within ten days afver the re- ceipt of such notice, then it shall be considered and taken as the true value. If the railroad company does object they should, within ten days, leave a written notice to, that effect at the residence or place of business of the owner of the stock. ; ANIMAL INJURED BY RAILROAD. It is the duty of the track walkers and section men of any rail- road company on whose tracks a domestic animal has been injured to care for the animal at once and to report the facts to the nearest station agent and the station agent must notify the Nebraska Svate Humane Society. If the animal is injured by a train then the conductor must re- port the fact to the agent av the first regularly scheduled stop and the agent shall notify the section boss or other men in charge of the section on which the animal is injured and whey shall take care of the animal—the station agent also reporting the facts to the Nebraska State Humane Society. Should such animal be maimed beyond hope of recovery, vhen it is ie duty of the above mentioned persons to forthwith kill such animal. In the event that the animal is not killed then the ageni shall give notice as quickly as possible of the condition of the animal to the owner or his agent, and upon receipt of such notice the owner of his agent shall have the animal properly cared for. But when immediate notice to the owner is not possible, then the station agent musv have the injured animal properly cared for without delay. It is expressly provided that any reports given as above set forth shall not be held to be an admission .of liability or responsibility on the part of the company for the injury of the animal nor shall it be considered a waiver or relinquishmen¥v by the owner of any right or claim to damages from said company. 21 The penalty for violation of the above provisions is a fine of from five to one hundred dollars. LIABILITY FOR DELIVERY OF FREIGHT. The law states that any railroad company receiving freight for transportation. shall be entitled to the same rights and be subject to the same liabilities as common carriers. And that whenever two or more railrgads are connected together, the company owning either of said roads receiving, freighv to be transported to any place on the line of either of the roads so connected shall be lable as common carriers for the delivery of such freight to the consignee of said freight, in the same order in which such freight was shipped. ASSENT BY OPPOSITE PARTY OF LIMIT OF LIABILITY. No notice, either express or implied, shall be held vo limit the liabilities of any railroad company as common carriers, unless vhey shall make it appear that such limitation was actually brought to the knowledge of the opposite party and assented to by him, or them, in express Verms, before such limitation shall take effect. Freight Rates Freight rates are a scientific study in themselves and it is wholly impracticable to either incorporate them bodily in wis volume, as they are constantly subjecv to change, nor is it practicable to give the rules governing their making. Thousands of experts are daily at work revising and correcting the rates applicable to the various com- modities that are constanvly moving. However, the tariffs are kept on file at the various stations of the different railroads and are for public reference. The shipper can verify any rate quoted him by a local agent by reference to these tariffs. However this Association will gladly furnish, gratis, the current rate effective between any points. ! : Assuming a car mixed with cattle and hogs to originate at Ben- ton, Nebraska, (a point eight miles east of Columbus) and destined to Sarpy, Nebraska, (a point eleven miles west of Omaha, Nebraska) the shipment moving in a standard car. and he toal.distance being 72 miles. How is the rate determined? Primarily, stock is classed for the purpose of rate application— and as a car Vhat is made up of mixed stock takes the rate applicable Yo the highest grade of stock in the car, the rate will be that of hogs. Applying the distance tariff the rate on hogs would be (assuming the total net weight of the stock to be 25,000) $35.05, and this would be the charge for the shipmenY under that tariff. However, in no case shall the rate to any point be greater than the rate to a point further along the line and as the rate from Co- lumbus % Omaha on this shipment would be $32.93, and as Benton and Sarpy are intermediate points this rate of $32.98 would apply. So it will be seen that the shipper should be so familiar with the various rules and regulations that he can plan and ship his stock in an advantageous manner. These rules and regulaivions are set out at prude in a separate chapter of this book and should be carefully read. 22 Shipping Laws FURNISH TRANSPORTATION TO SHIPPER OF STOCK. That every person, company, or corporation owning, managing or Operating a railroad in the state of Nebraska, and engaged in the shipment and transportation of live stock in car loads from one point to another point within the state of Nebraska is hereby required to furnish transportation Yo the owner, his agent, or employee from the shipping point to the destination of such shipment as named in the contract or bill of lading on the same train wivh his said live stock and to furnish transportation to the owner, his agent or em- ployee, back to the point or place from which ‘vhe shipment was made without further expense to such owner, his agent or employee, for said transportation in shipments of one or more cars, and shall furnish transportation each way for two men accompanying said svock, in shipments of from six or more cars of live stock in a single train, but if the shipment is made in two or mere separate trains or in separate sections of the same train then one such right of transportation shall be given Yo such owner, his agent or employee, for each separate train, or for each separate section of the same train in which such shipment is made. Provided, that all railroad companies shall furnish transportation both ways Vo the actual owner in charge of one carload of either horses or mixed stock. Provided further, that no one but the actual owner shall be given transpor- tation with shipmeny of hogs. LIABLE FOR DAMAGE FOR VIOLATION OF ACT. Any common carrier of live stock in carload lots refusing to comply with or violating the requirements of the foregoing section shall be liable to the shipper of such live stock for all damages sus- tained by reason of such refusal or violation, including the cost of transportation of the shipper, his agent or employee. to and from the destination of such live stock, together with the costs of suit and a reasonable avtorney fee to be taxed by the court trying the said cause, and for the second refusal to comply with or a violation of the said requirements, the common carrier shall be liable to the shipper as a penalty for such violation in a sum double the damages sus- tained and double the cost of such wransportation together with the costs and reasonable attorney’s fee to be taxed by the court trying ethe cause, and for a third refusal to comply with or a violavion of . said requirements as a penalty for such violation in triple damages. wiple costs of transportation, besides the cost including a reasonable avtorney’s fee to be taxed by the court trying the cause. FURNISH CABOOSE FOR USE OF SHIPPER. Every individual, company or corporation owning, managing, or operating, or who may hereafter own, manage or operate any railroad or part of a railroad in this state, which carries passengers, or whose duty it is to transport live stock as a common carrier, is hereby required to furnish for the use of such passenger. shipper of livestock. or to those having the right to accompany the same, a caboose or other suivable car for the comfortable transportation of such passenger or shippers of live stock and which caboose or car on all such trains shall be furnished with a toilet room and water tank with clean water for the accomodation of such passenger or shippers of live stock. Provided, that on and afver the passage and approval of this act, all trains having a haul of seventy-five miles or more shall be furnished with a car fitted with comfortable seats such as are used in an ordinary passenger car; provided with adequate heav and ventilation; a toilet room and water tank with plenty of clean water. Provided further, that an additional car of similar characver 99 Peas shall be furnished on all such stock trains for the accomodation of caretakers at the first train division point reached avwfer it shall appear that fifteen or more caretakers are accompanying or will accompany live stock to be transported on such train prior vo its arrival at the next train division point. And in each car or caboose used for the purpose herein provided for, such railroad company shall cause to be printed copies of this act and shall pesv the same in a conspicuous place in such caboose, and it shall be the duty of the railway commissioners to enforce the provisions herein made. It is further provided that when cars or cabooses on which such passen- gers or shippers are riding shall arrive at svations where change of cars is necessary it shall be stopped not more than one-half mile from waiting room to be provided by said company. and it shall be the duty of the conductor of said train, or other employee of and desig- nated by said’ company, to show said passengers where waiving room is located and instruct them to remain there until called for; and at the time or before the time of starting of the trains carrying said passengers it shall Be the duty of an employee of the railroad com- pany, to call at said waiting room and show such passengers to their caboose or car on which they are wo ride. It is provided further that such car shall be placed within one-half mile of said waiting room. VIOLATION OF ACT—PENALTY. Any common carrier doing business in this svate and failing or refusing to comply with the requirements of the foregoing sec- tion shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined nov less than $100 for each day’s negligence or refusal to comply therewith and all moneys so collected as fines shall be paid into the public school funds of the State. SHIPPING YARDS AND PENS. Every railroad company operating in this state shall on er be- fore January ist, 1912, build and maintain adequave and safe sheds for the protection of hogs at all shipping yards from which jot less than forty cars of hogs are shipped per annum; provided however, that a shipping yards from which not less than forty cars of hogs are shipped per annum the railroad company shall pro- vide ample sheds for sheltering at least one car of hogs and that the capacity of the shed protection herein provided for shall be in- ° creased so as to take care of one additional car of hogs with each additional forty cars of hogs shipped from said station per annum but in no event need the sheds be built Yo accomodate more than four cars of hogs at any one time. Said sheds shall be constructed in a safe and substantial form. PENALTY FOR EACH DAY’S NEGLECT. Any railroad company failing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not less than five dollars per day for every day of failure or neglect to provide, at any ship- ping point along its line, the sheds required by this Act. RAILROAD COMMISSION CONTROL ENFORCEMENT OF ACT. It shall be the duvy of the State Railway Commission to enforce the provisions of this Act, provided however, that upon a proper showing by any railroad company that it cannot comply with the terms of this act by January 1s¥, 1912, the State Railway Commis- sion is hereby empowered to grant such extension of time as it may deem reasonable and just. 24 PRIVATE SHIPPING PENS ON RIGHT OF WAY. ' Any shipper or association of shippers of livestock within this ~state may apply to Vane local agent at any station of any railroad company for use of space upon the right of way of such railroad con- venient to the shipping pens of such railroad at said station or at any siding in said county. Said application shall be in writing and shall set forvh the probable amount of livestock to be shipped by the applicants from said station or siding during the next twelve months and the space desired by said applicants on which to erect shedis for temporary shelter of livestock awaiting shipment. The application shall ‘specifically set forth the plans for said sheds and their posi- tion with referenc to the railroad company’s tracks and shipping pens, together with any facvs or arguments why said application should be granted. PETITION TO COMMISSION FOR RIGHT TO ERECT PENS. In case no agreement is reached between said applicants and the railroad company for use of said right of way for such purposes the applicants shall present their petition vo the state railway com- mission reciting the facts set forth in their application and praying the state railway commission for relief in ne premises. HEARING AND INVESTIGATION. It shall be the duty of the state railway commission to set a time for hearing upon said petition, to make a thorough invesvigation of facts and conditions set forth and issue thereupon such order for relief as may be reasonable and within vhe power of such com- mission. Provided however, that no railroad company shall be liable to the owner or owners of any sheds or svructures erected upon the right of way under the provisions of this act, for the destruction of same or damage thereto or destruction or damage to animals con- tained therein, by any cause whavsoever. : PENALTY. Any railroad company failing to comply with said order within thirty days thereafter shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred collars and be liable, in addition, for any loss sustained by livestock shippers because of such failure. SPEED OF LIVESTOCK SHIPMENTS. It is hereby declared and made the.duty of each Corporavion, individual or association of indiviJuals, operating any Railroad as a Public Carrier of freight in the State of Nebraska, in transporting live stock from one point to another in said state in car-load lots in ‘ consideration of the freight charges paid therefor, to run their train con- veying the same at a rate of speed so that the time consumed in said journey from the initial point of receiving said stock to vhe point of feeding or destination, shall not exceed one hour for each eighteen miles traveled including the time of stops at stavions or other points provided in cases where the initial point is not a division station and on all branch lines not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five miles in lengvn, the rate of speed shall be such that not more than one hour shall be consumed in traversing each fourteen miles of the distance including the time at stops at stations or other points, from the initial poiny to first division station or over said branches. The time consumed in picking up and setting out, loading or unloading stock at stavions, shall not be included in the time required, as pro- vided in this schedule. Provided further, vaat upon branch lines not exceeding 125 miles in length live stock of less than six cars in one consignment, each railroad company in this state may select - and designate three days in each week as stock shipping days, and 25 : publish and make public the days so designaved and after giving ten days notice of the days so selected and designated, shall be required upon its branch lines to conform to the schedule in this act provided, only upon said days so designated as stock shipping days. ANNO. (A common carrier of live stock is generally an insurer of their safe delivery. The delivery of stock to a carrier in good order and their arrival at their destination in bad order, makes a prima facie case against the carrier. A cause for unavoidable delay affords no excuse for a failure to exercise that degree of care required of a common carrier in the transportation of stock. The carrier can- not relieve itself of responsibility by a written contract whereby. the shipper agreed to accompany the stock, when the carrier with knowl- edge of the failure on the part of the shipper to accompany the stock proceeds under the shipping contraci.) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ACT. Any individual, corporation, or association of individuals, violav- ing any provisions of this act shall pay to the owner of such live- stock, the sum of ten dollars for each hour for each car it extends or prolongs the time of trdnsportavion beyond the period herein lim- ited as liquidated damages to be recovered in an ordinary action, as other debts are recovered. RAILROAD CARS FOR TRANSPORTING HOGS AND SHEEP TO BE CLEANED. That from and after the first day of June, A. D. 1877, it shall be unlawful for any railroad company operaving its road in this state to bring or cause to be brought into this state from an adjoin- ing state any empty car used for transporting hogs or sheep, or any empty combinavion car used for carrying grain and stock that has any filth of any kind whatever in the same; but the said railroad company shall before it allows said car or cars to pass into this state, cause the same to be thoroughly cleaned and cleansed. Any person or persons or corporavion violating any of the above provisions, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed one hundred dollars. SHEEP AND HOG CARS MUST BE CLEANED. No railroad company is permitted to bring or cause to be brought . into this state any empty car used for transporving hogs and sheep or any empty combination car used for carrying grain and stock that has any filth of any kind whatever in it. The car must be thoroughly cleaned and cleansed before being broughy in. Penalty for violation, a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars. PETITION FOR INSPECTOR OF STOCK TO BE SHIPPED. If your shipment is to an open market—South Omaha, Sioux City, Chicago, Kansas City, South St. Joseph—then the following laws are immaterial. Wihenever in any county in this State one hundred or more resi- dents of such county who are each owners of cattle and horses shall petivion the board of county commissioners or board of supervisors in counties under township organization, of their county for vhe ap- pointment of an inspector of stock shipments from said county it shall be the duty of the said board to fix a time for hearing said petition and to give notice thereof by publicavion in a newspaper published in such county for two weeks immediately preceding the time of hearing. and if upon said hearing, upon due proof, the board shall find Yhat such petition is signed by one hundred or more resi- dents of such county who are the owner of cattle and horses, it shall then be the duty of the board to appoint some suitable, competent person as such inspector for said coun'ty. 26 BOND AND OATH OF INSPECTOR. ~’ Such person shall be a resident of the county for which he shall be appointed. He shall before enteriag upon the duties of his office take the oath prescribed for other county officers in Section 9400, Cobbey’s Annotated Svatutes for 1907, and shall give a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1000.00) payable to the county in which he shall be, appointed, with either surety company or personal securities thereon, to be approved by vhe county clerk of such county, which bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of such clerk. TERM OR OFFICE—DEPUTIES. The inspector appointed in any county under this Act shall hold his office for two years from the dave of his appointment, and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. He may appoint deputy inspectors to assist in the work when needed and such depu- ties when engaged in their duties shall have the same powers and the same pay as the chief inspecvor. COUNTY BOARD FILL VACANCY—ABOLISHMENT OF OFFICE. The board of county commissioners or board of supervisors in counties under township organization of each county where the of- fice of inspector of stock shipments exists shall fill by appointment all vacancies occurring in said office, or about to occur by reason of the expiravion of the term of any incumbent. Provided. That if a majority of the owners of cattle and horses in any such county pe- tition the board of county commissioners thereof or board of super- visors in counties under township organization to aboish said office, such board may in its discrevion abolish the same, to take effect upon the expiration of the term of the then incumbent. FEES FOR INSPECTION. The chief inspector of stock shipments shall receive for his ser- vices for inspection of stock shipments, the sum of 4 cents per head for cattle inspected and ten cents per head for horses inspected. To be paid by the owner of the stock inspected. DUTY OF SHIPPER—FRAUDULENT SHIPMENT—PENALTY. It shall be the duty of every owner or shipper of horses and cattle in said county intending to ship horses or cattle out of said counvy to notify the inspector of stock shipments before the ship- ment thereof in ample time to enable said inspector to properly in- spect the same. Said notice shall be in writing and must state the time and place of proposed shipmen and the probable number to be shipped. Any person or persons, firm, railroad or other company or corporation who shall ship any cattle or horses out of said county without first having had the same inspected as in this Act provided and withouv having a proper certificate of such inspection or who shall make, forge or use any false or fraudulent certificate of in- spection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not more than five hun- dred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or by bovh fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. DUTY OF INSPECTOR—CERTIFICATE. It shall be the duty of the inspector of stock shipments either in person or by deputy, whenever he shall have knowledge in any way of the intended shipment of horses or catwle out of his county, to immediately repair to the proposed place of shipment and make a careful inspection of said horses or cattle. He shall, after having att / inspected the same make ouv a certificate of inspection, which cer- tificate shall be in writing: and. shall be executed in triplicate and shall contain the name of the owner or shipper of said stock, the number and kind, the place from where shipped and Vhe time thereof, the proposed destination of the stock, together with all marks and brands thereon and shall be signed by the inspector, the original of which he shall retain in his office. A copy of which shall be delivered Yo the agent of the railroad company and from the shipment origi- nated, before the shipment is made, and a copy of which shall be immediately delivered to the owner or shipper of said stock and: when properly made out and signed as hereinbefore provided, shall entitle the owner or shipper of said stock to remove Une same from the county and shall entitle any railroad company ue receive the same for shipment out of the county. FEES PAID BY OWNER BELONG TO INSPECTOR. The owner or shipper of any horses or cattle shipped under the provisions of ‘his Act shall pay the inspector an inspection fee of four cents per head) for all cattle not billed to an open market, and ten cents per head for all horses so inspected at the time of in- spection, and prior to the issuance of the certificate of inspection. All such fees shall be retained by the HES EE or deputy inspectors for his or their service. OPEN MARKET DEFINED. Provided, that Chicago, Kansas City, South St. Joseph, South Omaha. and Sioux Ciity shall be classed as open markets so long as they maintain brand inspection under the supervision of the Ne- braska Stock Growers Association. BRAND INSPECTION NOT REQUIRED ON OPEN MARKET. Provided, that where cattle are shipped to an open market no brand inspection shall be required av point of loading, and further provided that where cattle are billed to an open market, iv shall be a misdemeanor and violation of this Law for the railroad company to allow the owner, shipper or party in charge to change billing without first having secured from the inspector of the county from which the cattle originated, or from ‘the Nebraska Stock Growers Association inspector of South Omaha a certificate of brands. LIABILITY AS COMMON CARRIERS FOR DELIVERY OF FREIGHT. Any railroad company receiving freight for transportation, shall be entitled to the same rights and be subject to the same liabilities as common carriers. And whenever two or more railroads are con- nected together, the company owning either of said roads receiving freight to be transported to any place on the line of either of the roads so connecved shall be liable as common carriers for the deliv- ery of such freight to the consignee of said freight in the same: order in which such freight was shipped. COMPANY LIABLE FOR STOCK INJURED. Any railroad company hereafter running or operating its road in this state, and failing to fence on both sides vhereof against all livestock running at large at all points, shall be absoluvely liable to the owner of any live stock injured, killed. or destroyed by their agents, employes, or engineers, or by the agents employes, or en- gines belonging to any other railroad company running over and upon such road, or there being; Provided. Thaw in case the railroad com- pany, liable under the provisions of this section shall neglect or re- fuse to pay the value of any property so injured or destroyed, after thirty days’ notice in writing given, accompanied by an affidavit of 28 the injury or destruction of said property to any officer of the company, or any station agent, or tickev agent, employed in the management of its business in the county where the injury com- plained of shall have been committed, such railroad company their agents, and employes, shall, in an acvion brought to recover damages therefor be held, and they are hereby declared to be liable to pay - double the value of whe propertv so injured, killed, or destroyed as aforesaid; Provided further, That if the railroad company does not object to the value of the property so injured, or destroyed, as set forth in the notice aforesaid within ten days, it shall be considered and taken as the true value, but if the said company are dissatisfied with the value as set forth in said notice, they shall, within ten days, leave a written notice to that effect at the residence or place of business of the owner of the stock so injured or desvroyed, and the value shall then be ascertained and cetermined in accordance with the provisions of Section.5,of the general herd law. (31382). INJURED ANIMAL REPORTED. Whenever any horse, cow or other domestic animal is injured by a train or otherwise on the righv of way of any railroad company it shall be the duty of trackwalkers and section men of said company to care for said animal at once and report the facts to the nearesv station agent, who shall notify the Nebraska State Humane Society; in case such animal shall be injured by a Wrain it shall be the duty of the conductor thereof, upon arriving at, the first station at which such train is due to stop, to notify the age’ of such station of the fact and such agent shall at once cause to be notified the section boss or other men having charge of the secvion upon which such animal is injured, whose duty it shall be to at once care for such animal, and said station agent so reported to shall notify the Nebraska State Humane Society. If any such animal is maimed beyond hope of recovery it shall be the duty of said persons to forthwith kill such animal. When such animal is not killed, it shall be the duty of the agent to give immediate notice when possible, of the condition of such animal to the owner or his agent, whose duty it shall be forth- wivh, upon receipt of notice to have such animal properlv cared for. When immediate notice to ‘he owner is not possible, it shall be the duty of the station agent to have the injured animal properly cared for without delay. REPORT NOT AN ADMISSION OF LIABILITY. No such act of said railroad company, its employees or agents, or vhe owner of such injured animal shall be held to be an admission of liability or responsibility on the part of the said company for the injury of the said animal nor a waiver or relinquishment by said owner of any right or claim to damages from said company. PENALTY. Any person who shall violate any provision of this act shall upon conviction be fined in any sum nov less than five or more than one hundred dollars. WHO DEEMED A STOCK GROWER—CATTLE DROVER. Every person who shall keep neav cattle, horses, mules, sheep, or goats, for their growth or increase within the state, shall be deemed a stock grower. Any person who shall drive or bring neat cattle into or through this state, shall be deemed a cattle drover. ROUNDING UP CATTLE—TIME. That in any portion of the state where it is customary vo round up cattle for the purpose of branding, marketing, driving, or selling _ cattle, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to commence said rount-up between whe first day of December and the fifteenth (20 -day of May of each year, and anyone violating the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than five hundred dollars, to be recovered before any court having jurisdiction, upon the information and complaint of any person. B PENALTY FOR DRIVING OFF CATTLE OF ANOTHER. That any catvle drover, or his employee, who shall drive off any “neat cattle, horses, mules, or sheep belonging to another intentionally er through neglect, shall on conviction thereof, by any court of com- petent jurisdicvion, be fined in any sum not more than one hundred ($100) dollars for each and every head of cattle, horses, mules, or ‘sheep so driven off. BRAND PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP. In any indictment or complaint under this act, the description ~ of any kind or class of neat cattle shall be deemed sufficient if de- scribed as catwle; and for the purpose of this act the proof of brand shall be deemed to be a prima facie evidence of ownership of such stock. PENALTY FOR ALLOWING MALE ANIMAL TO RUN. AT LARGE—DAMAGES. That the owner of any stallion, jack, bull, buck or boar shall re- “strain the same, and any person may take possession of any such animal running at large in the county in which such person resides, or in which he occupies or uses real estate, and he shall give notice thereof Vo the sheriff or any constable in the county in which such - animal is taken, who shall give notice to the owner of such animal -if known to him, by delivering a written notice to said owner, or leaving same av his usual place of abode, giving a description ef the animal so taken. If such owner does not appear within ten (10) days after such notice to claim his property and pay costs and damages if any, then the said sheriff or constable shall sell the animal so taken at public auction to the highest bidder for case, having given twenty days notice of the time and place of sale with a description of the property, by publishing the same in a newspaper of general circulation in the countv, or if there be no such paver by posving such notice in three public places in the township or pre- cinct in which such animal was found at large, out of the proceeds of such sale he shall pay all costs and any damages done by such animal, to be ascertained and determined by him, and the said sheriff or constable shall pay the remainder if any, into the county treasury ~“for the use of the county. If legal proof be made to the county com- missioners by the owner of said animal of a right thereto at any time within one year of the sale, the county commissioners shall ~ order the proper amount to be paid to the owner by Vheir warrant drawn for that purpose. If the owner, or any person for him, on or before the day of sale shall pay the costs thus far made and all damages, to be determined by the sheriff or constable if vhe parties cannot agree, and made satisfactory proof of his ownership the sheriff or constable shall release the animal to him. Provided, that this act shall not be conswrued as a bar to any suit for damages sustained and ‘not covered by the proceeds of the sale as hereinbefore provided. Title is not comprehensive enough to authorize giving damages “for castration of animals. Ives v Norris, 13 Neb. 253. DUTY OF DROVER TO PROTECT SETTLER FROM STOCK—DAMAGES. ‘Any person owning or having charge of any drove of cattle, “horses, or sheep numbering one (1) head or more than that number in any: such drove of cativle, horses. or sheep, and shall drive the Same into or through any county of Nebraska of which the owner is 30 not a resident, or land owner, or stock grower, and when the land : in said county is already occupied by settlers on ranches, it shall be. the duty of said owner or person in charge of said horses, cavtle, or= sheep Yo prevent the same from mixing with the cattle, horses, or sheep belonging to actual settlers, and also to prevent said drove of cattle from trespassing on such land as may-be whe property of the actual settler, or may be held by him under a homestead, pre-emption, or a leasehold right and used by him for the grazing of animals, growing hay or timber, or other agricultural purposes, or doing in- jury vo the ditches made for irrigation of crops. If any owner or. Owners, or persons in charge of any such drove of cattle, horses, or sheep shall wilfully, carelessly, or negligently injure any resident. within the state by driving said drove of cattle, horses, or sheep. . from the public highways and herding the same on the lands occupied and improved by settlers in possession of the same, it shall © constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less .. vhan twenty ($20) dollars and not more than one hundred ($100) dollars, at the discretion of the court, and render the owner or» owners, or person in charge of the drove of caitle, horses, or sheep ~, liable for such damages as may be done to the property of said settle~__ DAMAGES FOR DRIVING OFF STOCK OF ANOTHER. :. , When the stock of any person shall be driven off its range with’ Nebraska against his will by the drovers of any drove, and the san shall be found among such drove, every person engaged as a drover: or. - said drove shall be liable for damages to the party injured to: the amount of the full value of the animal for each head so driven off, together wivn all costs accruing in the trial of said cause, and said herd of stock shall be liable for the same, or a sufficient number to cover all damages and costs. ; PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO SEPARATE CATTLE MIXED WITH DROVE. When the stock of any resident of the stave of Nebraska shall* either mix with any drove of any animals it shall be the duty of the drover or drovers, or person in charge of such drove, to cu? out and separate such stock from said droves immediately. Every: person, either owner or driver, or otherwise connected with said drove, who shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this sec-- yon shall be fined in any sum nov exceeding one thousand ($1,000}- ollars. Shere Herding, Estrays, Etc. SKIN OF ANIMAL FOUND DEAD REMOVED BY OWNER. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the owner or his agent or employee, to skin or remove from the carcass the skin, hide, or pelt of any neat caitle or sheep found dead, except when such stock is killed by railroad trains, when the employees of such rail- roads may remove the hides from stock so killed. : REWARD FOR VIOLATORS OF ACT. The county commissioners cf the several counties may offer and pay rewards for the detection of those violating this act. STOCK LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO CULTIVATED LANDS That the owners of cavcle, horses, mules, swine and sheep in this state, shall hereafter be liable for all damages done by such stock up- on the cultivated lands in this state as herein provided by this act. (a) That all damage te property so committed by such stock running at large, shall be paid by the owners of said stock; and the person whose property is so damaged thereby, may have a lien upon such trespassing animals, for the full amount of damages and costs, and may enforce the collection of the same by the proper civil action. TAKER-UP NOTIFY OWNER OF DAMAGES CLAIMED— FORM OF NOTICE. (b.) That when any stock shali be found upon the cultivated lands of another, it shall be lawful for the owner, or person in pos- session of said lands, to impound said stock and if the owner of said svock can be found, and is known to the taker-up, it shall be the duty of said taker-up to notify said owner by leaving a written notice at his usual place of residence, with some member of his family over the age of fourteen, or in the absence of such person, by posting a copy of such notice on the door of said residence, of the taking up of said svock describing it, and stating the -amount of damages claimed; also, the name of his arbitrator, and requiring him wi*hin forty-eight hours after receiving said notice to take the said prop- erty away, after making full payment of all damages and costs to the satisfaction of said taker-up of trespassing animal. Said notice may be in the following form: Mr. 2... o Us ; you are hereby, notified’ that on, thic. "370.05 day :Of 02005012 ea a 1 RO ARN , your stock of which I now have in my possession (here describe the animal or animals)—did trespass upon my land and damage the same to the amount of _................... You are required to pay the above charges wivhin forty-eight hours from the delivery of this notice, or the aforesaid stock will be sold as provided by law. iwhave appoimtdd), Mies ico yeaa, to ac’ as arbitrator should you not feel satisfied with the amount of damages claimed in the within notice. Provided, That no claim for damages shall be maintained by the vaker-up without the notice contemplated in this section shall Have been given, when the owner is known by the taker-up of such stock. OWNER FAILING TO PAY OR ARBITRATE—STOCK SOLD. (c.) If the owner of said stock shall refuse, within forty-eight hours after having been notified in writing, to pay said damages claimed,-or appoint an arbitrator to represent his interests. said ani- mal or animals shall be sold upon execution as required by law, when said amount of damages and costs have been filed with any justice of ie pone of the county within which said damages may have been sustained. 32 | You are Always Right | p= When You Give Your Live Stock Business toa well established reliable, re- sponsible and efficient Commis- sion Firm. You will find all of. these, and even more than you ex- pect with © a Byers Bros: & Co. | ~ South Omaha ~ | We have Rass at Chicago, Kansas City & St. Joe | | Millard Hotel __| Auto & Taxicab Livery Douglas 4966 ‘Stand 13th and Douglas Stockman’s Trade a Specialty - POLLACK’S | Family Liquor Store | Imported and Domestic Light Wines a Specialty. Rare Whiskies and Rare Cr | for Rare Occasions. Willow Springs Beer— ‘ “Stars and Stripes.’’ Henry N. Pollack © Phone Doug. 7162 Cor. 15th & Cap. Aver? Stars and Sines Buffet “Walter Fisher, sel Selling the Celebrated | W edding Bouquet | a: . Dealers in . aay Whisky, Wines ial Beer Cigars and Tobacco Hot Lunch in Connection _ Stockmen’s Trade a Specialty ' ARBITRATORS APPOINTED WHERE DISAGREEMENT AS TO DAMAGES. (d.) In case the parties interested cannoY’ agree as to the amount of damages and costs sustained, each party may choose a man, and in case the two men chosen cannot agree, they shall choose a third man, who, after being duly sworn for the purpose herein named, the three shall proceed vo assess the damages, possessing for that purpose the general power of arbitrators. AWARD OF ARBITRATORS ACTS AS A JUDGMENT—LIEN. (e.) The said arbitrator or arbitrators shall make an award in writing, which, if not paid within five days after the award has been made, may be filed with any justice of vhe peace in the same county, and shall operate as a judgment, which judgment shall be a lien upon the stock so taken up, and execution may issue upon said stock for the collection of said damages and costs, as in other cases: Pro- vided, That either party may have an appeal from said judgment, as in other cases before justices of the peace.. Said arbitrators shall be allowed two dollars each for their services: Provided, further, That if, before the Vrial by said arbitrator or arbitrators, court, or jury, or shall affirm (offer in) writing, to confess judgment for the same, and if, notwithstanding the said injured person refusing said offer, cause the trial to proceed, he shall pay costs’ and necessarily vhe damage awarded. WHEN STOCK TAKEN UP AS ESTRAY. (f.) In case the owner of said stock is not known or found in said county, as herein set forth, the 'taker-up of said stock so tres- passing upon cultivated lands, shall, in such cases, proceed as pro- vided by law regulating esvrays, and the stock shall be held liable for all damages and costs. CULTIVATED LANDS DEFINED. (g.) Cultivated lands within the meaning of this act shall in- clude all forest trees, fruit trees and hedge-rows planted on said lands, also all lands surrounded by a plowed strip not less than one rod in width, which svrip shall be plowed at least once a year. REMEDY CUMULATIVE. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent any owner of cultivated lands, or fruit or forst trees from maintaining an action for all damages caused by stock which has escaped or been driven away from the premises of the party thus damaged, against the owner of the stock causing such damage. SHEEP AND SWINE NOT TO RUN AT LARGE. That from and after the first day of March, A. D. 1875, sheep and swine shall be restrained from running at large in the state of Nebraska. SUBJECT TO LIEN FOR DAMAGE DONE. That all damages vo property committed by such stock so run- ning at large, shall be paid by the owner of said stock, and the per- son whose property is damaged thereby, may have a lien upon said trespassing animal for the full amount of damages and costs, and enforce and collect the same by the proper civil action. STOCK NOT TO RUN AT LARGE AT NIGHT. No cattle, horses, mules, swine, or sheep, shall run at large dur- ing the night time; between sunset and sunrise in the state of Ne- braska, and the owner or owners of any such animals shall be liable in an action for damages done during such night time. 33 Pe ER a DAMAGES—HOW ASSESSED AND COLLECTED. Damages shall be assessed and collected by notice given to own- ers, and arbitravors ‘chosen, stock sold, judgment awarded; and in case of estrays, as provided in sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of this article; (ato Wee OWNER OF STOCK LIABLE FOR DAMAGE ON ENCLOSED LAND. If any domestic animal break into any enclosure the person in- jured thereby shall recover the amount of damage done, if it shall ap- pear that the fence through which said animal broke was a lawful fence. EFFECT OF TENDER MADE BY OWNER OF STOCK. If before trial the owner of such trespassing animals shall have tendered to ‘the person injured an amount in lieu of damage and costs which may have accrued, which shall equal the amount of dam- age afterward awarded by the court or by the jury, or shall offer in writing vo confess judgment for ‘the same, and if, notwithstanding, the said injured persons refusing said) offer, cause the trial to pro- ceed he shall pay costs, and recover only the damage awarded. LIABILITY OF PERSON GROWING CROP ON UNINCLOSED LAND. If any person sow any grain, or plant any crop, without in- closing the same with a sufficient fence, as above provided, he shall be liable for all damages that any person or persons may sustain in’ consequence of such neglect to enclose vhe same. LIMITATION AS TO EXTENT OF LAW. This subdivision shall not extend to or in anywise affect any county in this state in which horses, mules, cattle, sheep, or swine are restrained from running at large by legislative enactment. WHEN AND HOW STOCK TAKEN UP. It shall be lawful for any person holding land in this state, by deed, title, bond, or lease for one or more years, and being in pos- session thereof to take up any estray horse, mule or ass, neat cattle, sheep, or swine, found within his enclosed premises at any season of the year; and any estray found around the premises of any lessee or freeholder between the twentieth day of October and the first day of April, may be taken up by such lessee or freeholder; and any horse, mule, or ass, with any portion of harness attached to them, and any oxen, with yoke, that are believed to have strayed away from their owners may be taken up by any person av any time. ; DESCRIPTION RECORDED AND PUBLISHED. It shall be the duty of any person taking up an estray animal or animals to send a description of the same to a justice of the peace in the precinct where the said estray was taken up, wivhin forty- eight hours thereafter, and said justice of the peace shall record the same in a book kept by him for that purpose for which he shall re- ceive the sum of twenty-five cents. If said estray or estrays shall not be claimed by the owner thereof within ‘ten days thereafter, a description of the same shall be sent to the county clerk by the pard’y taking up said estray, who shall immediately record the same in a book kept by him for that purpose, for which he shall receive the sum of twenty-five cents. The person taking up the estray shall, within twenty days thereafter, procure the publication of the de- scripvion of such animal or animals in any newspaper published within the county. e * 34 PUBLISHED FIVE WEEKS FOR THREE DOLLARS. The proprievor of said newspaper shall publish said description for at least five consecutive weeks, and shall receive therefor the sum of three dollars: Provided, That if two or more estrays of the same species shall be taken up by the same person at the same time, they shall be included in the same publication; and in such case the afore- said publisher shall receive no more than for one of such species, ex- cept, where the number so described shall exceed three, he shall re- ceive one dollar for each estray beyond that number included in such publication. OWNER MAY RECLAIM BEFORE SALE. The owner of an estray may, at any time previous to ius sale, reclaim the same on proving said. property by oath or otherwise, and paying for the advertisement, and a reasonable compensation for any other necessary expenses incurred by the person taking up said estray. Ed. note: To tax fees under vhis statute it must be followed strictly. ARBITRATION IN CASE OF DISAGREEMENT. In case the parties cannot agree upon the amount of the expenses incurred, they may each choose a disinterested person to act as arbitra- tors, and the two chosen may choose a third. The decision of the ar- bitrators shall be final. WHEN ESTRAYS BECOME PROPERTY OF TAKER-UP. When an estray, if it be a sheep, swine, or calf under 'the age of one year, has not been reclaimed within six months after the ad- vertising the same, it shall become the property of the person vaking it up without further proceedings. If 'the estray be a horse, mule, ass, bull, cow or steer, over the age of two years, it must be reclaimed within six months from the time it was first advertised. If the estray is an animal over the age of one year and not over the age of two years, it must be reclaimed within six monvns from the time it was first advertised. If any es¥ray included in the last two named classes shall not be reclaimed within the time specified re- spectively, the person taking up the estray shall notify a justice of tthe ‘peace of the county wherein said e¢stray was taken ‘up, who shall appoint two disinterested persons, and administer to them an oath or affirmation vo faithfully and truly appraise the same at its ‘true value and make due return thereof, in writing, to said justice of the peace, who shall appoint,a day of sale, and cause notice of the time and place of sale to be published av least five weeks con- secutively before the day of sale in a newspaper printed in said county, and by posting up written or printed notices in three public places in Yhe precinct where the estray is to be sold; and in case there is no newspaper printed in said county, there shall be three addi- tional written or printed notices posted up at the county seav of said county, and on the day appointed said estray shall be sold by said justice to the highest bidder in cash; andi vhe proceeds thereof after deducting the costs of the proceedings and the expenses of keeping said estray, shall be paid to the county treasurer within ten days afver the sale, subject to the order of the owner, provided the owner of said estray shall establish his ownership to the same, to the satisfaction of the county treasurer of said county within one year from the day of sale; and if said balance is not so claimed ,within the vime so specified, it shall be placed by said treasurer to the credit of the general school fund of said county. 35) PLACE OF SALE. The place of sale shall be be at the residence of the person taking up the estray. . MUST BRING TWO-THIRDS OF APPRAISED VALUE. When an estray is sold, it must bring at least two-thirds of whe appraised value. In case it does not the animal shall be re-appraised, and again offered for sale one week after the day appointed for the first sale, and no advertisement shall be necessary for the second sale. WHEN TAKER-UP BECOMES OWNER WITHOUT SALE. When the appraisers think that the animal will not bring more than enough to defray the necessary expenses of the sale and adver- tisement thereof, said sale shall be dispensed with, and the person who took up the animal shall, on the payment of expenses, be the owner thereof. PROCEEDS QF SALE. The money received from the sale of an estray shall go into the county school fund, all expenses firsy being paid. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PRECEDING SECTION. Any person violating section ten (preceding section) of this chapter shall be liable vo a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. ESTIMATE VALUE OF TROUBLE AND EXPENSE BY APPRAISERS. The appraisers of estrays shall estimate whe value of the labor, trouble, and expense of the person in taking up and keeping an es- tray—taking into consideration the services rendered by the animal. TAKER-UP PAY FEES AND CHARGES. The advertisement, the appraisement, and the services of vhe jus- tice of the peace shall be paid by the person taking up the estray, and he shall receive the same, with fifty per cent additional, from the proceeds of vhe sale of the estray. | Editor’s Note: One taking up an estray cannot prevent owner from recovering property by refusing to accept compensation for expenses or to submit his claim to arbitration. On refusal of person taking up an estray vo accept compensation or submit to arbitration, owner, on depositing compensation in court, may recover in replevin. APPRAISERS’ FEES. The appraisers of estrays shall receive fifty cents each for each appraisement, but when more than one animal is taken up at any one time by one person, they shall all be appraised as one, and the ap- praisers shall be entitled to compensation for but one appraisement. The justice of the peace shall receive for his services the sum of one dollar and fifty cents. GELDING OF MALE BY TAKER-UP. If any horse or mule not gelded, two years old or upwards, shall be found running at large, it shall be lawful for any person to take up such horse or mule, and forthwith give notice vo owner or keeper, if he be known to the taker-up, and if the owner or _ keeper do not appear wivnin three days thereafter and pay to the said taker- up two dollars as compensation for his trouble, the taker-up shall proceed to advertise said horse or mule, and the same proceedings shall be had in every respect as hereinbefore provided in cases of es- tray horse or mules; Provided, That the taker-up may, after the ex- piration of twenvy days from the time of advertising, geld, or pro- cure to be gelded, the said horse or mule, which shall be done at the risk and expense of the owner. 36 TAKER-UP NOT LIABLE FOR LOSS BY DEATH. Should any animal taken up as an estray die while in posses- sion of the person taking it up, he shall not be liable for the loss unless its death was the result of mistreatment or willful neglect. PITFALLS AND OLD WELLS MUST BE FILLED. Hereafver it shall be unlawful for the owner or holder of any real estate in the state of Nebraska to leave uncovered any well or other pitfall into which any stock may fall or receive injury, but all old wells nov in use and every other pitfall shall be filled with dirt from the bottom to the level of the surface. Provided, That if any person shall make complaint to the road overseer of the road dis- trict in which any well or pitfall upon the land of any non-resident in his district is open, iv shall be the duty of such road overseer to immediately cause to be filled, or if such land is not a common, se- curely covered, such well or pitfall and file a bill for the same with the County Clerk which, when approved by the County Commissioners, shall be filed with the Treasurer of the County and the same is here- by made a lien upon such real estate and the County Treasurer shall collect it the same as other tax is collected upon such real estate. ROAD OVERSEER TO SEE SAME ARE FILLED The road overseer shall receive two ($2.00) per day for the time actually engaged in enclosing or filling dangerous wells and pitfalls and a reasonable compensation for all material furnished. He shall file his claim with the County Clerk who shall present it to the County Board at their next meeting following. The board shall pass*upon it and upon their recommend the clerk shall draw a warrant upon the County Treasurer for the amount allowed. Said warrant Vo be drawn against the general fund. NOTICE GIVEN TO OWNER. Twenty days notice in writing shall be given to residents. Non- residents shall be notified by publication in the legal county news- paper. The notice shall run for three consecutive weeks. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any resident free holder leaving any well or pitfall unenclosed or unfilled into which stock may fall shall be fined in any sum nov exceeding five hundred ($500.00) dollars nor less than fifty dollars and liable to the owner of said stock for all damages. The same “to be collected in any court of competent jurisdiction. 37 Diseased Stock and Quarantine Laws SECTION 1. LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD; VETERI- NARIAN. Appointment, interpretation. A board of five members is hereby established to be known as the Nebraska Live Stock Sani- tary Board. Wherever in the statutes of Nebraska shall occur the term “board,” or any other term referring to state officials dealing with live stock diseases, the same shall be construed to mean the Nebraska Live Stock Sanitary Board, for convenience referred to herein as the Sanitary Board. The governor shall be state veteri- narian, and shall appoint five members, all duly qualified electors of Nebraska, to act as a state sanitary board, one member of whom shall be engaged in the breeding of horses, one in the breeding of cattle, one in the breeding of swine, all of whom shall be actively engaged in breeding and maintainig of live stock; one member shall be a representative of the Union Stock Yards at South Omaha, and one shall be a licensed veterinarian who is a graduate of some regu- larly organized school of veterinary, medicine and surgery which is recognized by the Bureau of Animal Industry and who has had at least three years of actual practice. The members first appointed, shall hold office for five, four, three, two and one years respectively said terms of office to begin within thirty days after their appoint- ment. The successor of each shall be appointed for a term of five years. Vacancies occurring from any cause shall be filled by ap- pointment by the governor. Provided that the member represent- ing the Cattle Industry shall reside at the time of. his appointment west of the 100th Meridian. SEC. 2. DUTIES, POWERS. It shall be the duty o€ the san- itary board to protect the health of live stock in Nebraska, to de- termine and employ the most efficient means for the prevention and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock, to exercise by authority of the state veterinarian the power of quar- antine when necessary, and to regulate the arrival into and de- parture from the state or any point therein of animals infected or having been exposed to infecvion. Provided, that this section shall not apply to live stock brought into Nebraska for immediate slaugh- ter and therefore subject to government regulation. Whenever pos- sible the sanitary board shall co-operate with the United States Gov- ernment in enforcing Federal regulations. SEC. 3. OFFICES, MEETINGS, RULES, COMPEN- SATION OF OFFICERS. Suitable furnished offices for use of the sanitary board and its employees shall be furnished in the state capitol building. Not to exceed four regular meetings each year shall be held in said offices; special meetings shall also be held when deemed necessary. No member of the sanitary board shall receive any compensation for his services on said board other than his neces- sary expenses incurred in such service, said expenses to be paid from the state general fund. The sanitary board shall make all neces- sary rules to carry into effect the purposes of this act, and shall have said rules together with said act, printed in pamphlet form for free distribution. Brief press notices regarding the work of said board shall also be published from time to time. At the first meet- _ Ing of the sanitary board the members thereof shall take the oath pecuieed of state officers, and shall then elect a president and sec- retary. SEC. 4. EMPLOYES. The sanitary board shall recommend to vhe state veterinarian a candidate for the office of deputy state veterinarian, the same to be licensed veterinarian who is a graduate of some regularly organized school of veterinary, medicine and sur- 38 gery which is recognized of the Bureau of Animal Industry and who has had three years actual practice, who shall receive such salary as the board deems proper, but not to exceed twenty-four hundred dollars together with the actual expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. Before entering upon such service he shall take an oath for the faithful and efficient performance of all duties required of him by this act, and he shall give satisfactory bond to the state of Nebraska in wae sum of five thousand dollars. The state veterinarian Shall appoint such other assistants as are necessary to carry out thé provisions of this act. The sanitary board may recommend candi- dates for such appointments. If for any reason an employe fails to honorably and successfully perform the duties for which engaged ‘said Board may recommend such employes’ immediate discharge. be, 5. DUTINS, OF' DEPUTY STATE: VETERINARIAN— ‘The cuties of the deputy state veterinarian shall be as follows: 1. To secure accurate information regarding the existence of contagious, infectious and epizootic diseases of animals, and to make a scien- tific study of- same, together with causes, preventatives, and cures thereof. 2. To xeport in plain terms at the quarterly meetings of vne sanitary board the results of such study, together with in- formation regarding the detection of symptoms of disease, sanitary and other measures for preventing its spread, and the best known ‘treatment and remedies for same, such information also to be given all other possible publicity as said Board may deem necessary. At said quarterly meetings shall also be reported full details. of the work done by the state veterinarian, deputy state veterinarian and their employes during the preceding quarter. 3. To enforce all -orders and rules made by the sanitary board. SEC. 6. DUTY OF THE PUBLIC. It shall be the duty of any person who believes or suspects that any animal belonging to himself or another is affected with a contagious or infectious disease, to im- mediately report such belief or suspicion to the sanitary board or to some representative thereof. SEC. 7. RIGHT OF EXAMINATION. ARRESTS. Any per- ‘son owning or having charge of live stock thought to be affected with a contagious or infectious disease who refuses to allow examination of same by the state veterinarian or his authorized representative, or ‘interferes with such examination, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined’ not less than ‘fifty dollars or more than two hundred dollars. In performing the above mentioned duties the state veterinarian or his representative shall have power to call for the services of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable, such services to be paid for at usual rates. For ‘the purpose of this act the state veterinarian and deputy state veteri- narian and authorized assistants are hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations. Any officer may arrest without a war- rant, take before a county magistrate and hold until a war- rant can ke issued, any person found violating the _ pro- visions of this aet. Such officers shall immmediately notify the county attorney of such arrest, and the latter shall legally prosecute the offender, who upon conviction shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not less than thirty days or more than ninety days. SEC. 8. EMERGENCIES. Iu case of a serious outbreak of ‘any contagious or epizootic disease among live stock in Nebraska, the checking of which cannot be accomplished without additional funds, the sanitary board shall present such fact to the governor, who ‘may then authorize the incurring of a deficiency to meet the emer- gency. 39 ANIMALS EXAMINED AND APPRAISED. Glandered horses or mules shall not be killed as such unless they have been inspected by the Deputy State Veterinarian or his as- sistant, and are pronounced by him diseased. Whenever any such animal becomes affected with glanders, its cash value as the same would be were it nov thus affected, shall be fixed within twenty-four. hours before killing by appraisers chosen in the following manner: One appointed by the State Veterinarian, one by the owner and the third by the first two. Provided, that in no case shall the appraised value of the glandered horse exceed two hundred ($200.00) dollars for animals so killed, not to exceed two-thirds of said amount as ap- praised shall be paid to the owner by the state. In no case shall any such animal be so appraised or paid for unless it be at least one year old, and have been in good faith owned and kept within the state for one year next before the killing. The award of the apparisers shall be certified by the Deputy State Veterinarian to the Auditor of the state, who shall draw a warrant upon the State Treasurer for two-thirds of the amount so appraised and certified, to be paid to the owner of the animal killed. PENALTY FOR HARBORING OR BRINGING INTO STATE. Any person who shall knowingly bring into the state any do- mestic animal which is affected with any infectious or contagious disease, or shall knowingly keep or harbor such animal except for scientific or experimental purposes shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). PENALTY FOR ALLOWING TO RUN, OR SELLING OF DISEASED ANIMALS. Any person who shall have in his possession any domestic ani- mal affected with any contagious or infectious disease. knowing such animal to be so affected, or after having received notice that such an- imal is affected, who shall permit such animal to run at large or who shall keep such animal where other domestic animals not affected or pre- viously exposed to such disease may be exposed to its contagion or infec- tion, or who shall sell, ship, drive or give away such diseased animal or animals, which have been exposed to such infection or contagion, or who shall move or drive away any domestic animal in violavion of any direction, rule or order establishing and regulating quarantine shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each of such diseased or ex- posed animals which he shall permit to run at large, or keep or drive, trade or give away in violation of whe provisions of this act. Pro- vided, That any owner of domestic animals which have been affected with or exposed to any contagious or infectious disease, may dispose of the same after having obtained from the State Veterinarian a bill of health for such animal. ; PENALTY FOR USING OR ALLOWING GLANDERED HORSES TO RUN. It shall not be lawful for any person to use, let, sell, or permit to run at large any horse, mule, or ass diseased with glanders. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall pay a fine of not. less than five or more than fifty dollars, and shall be liable for all. damages. 40 [ ATTENTION! STOCKMEN AND FARMERS ~ One Giant Pipe Pusher Free in Each County for Advertising Purposes One pusher does the work of ten men. Saves fine lawns and 4 draws trade. Offers enormous profits to young men in pushing pipe for stockmen and farmers. : Invariably when we sell a Giant Pipe Pusher other orders fol- low in rapid succession. For this reason the cheapest and most effective way to advertise is to ship one Giant Pipe Pusher free of “charge into each county. We mean it. Write for particulars. GIANT MANUFACTURING C0., Council Bluffs, lowa A Harvest Scene in Clay County of the Red River Valley. Did it ever occur to you that Minresota is the greatest all-around crop produc- | ing state in the Union, and no other state can match her in stock and dairying, and | that you tan buy improved and unimproved land in.Clay County, and counties ad- joining it at from $35.00 to $75.00 per acre, on easy terms, low rate of interest and perfect title? In ashort time these prices will have doubled. e have never. had a crop failure.- Our people do not sell out to move away from the state. They sell because. they are well enough situated financially to retire. If you ever hopetoown a home, now is the time to start. Weconduct excursions on first and third Tues- days of every month out of all points of Nebraska, Iowa,- Illinois and Wisconsin. Come to our Immigration office; 612 Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb., and we will assist you to procure low rates to Hawley, Clay County, Minnesota, where is located our oraddress the Nelson Real Estate Agency, .incoiasiv, Minneapolis, Minn, Our Motto: Every Man’s Stuff Sold on it’s merits We have no favorites - Consign Your Shipments to Babcock & Son | Live Stock Commission Merchants | E. B. BABCOCK, S. E. BABCOCK, Cattle Salesmen W. H. TIMMEL, Hog Salesman Reference: Live Stock National Bank. Room 217 Exchange Bldg., Sioux City, lowa Pleasures distro | Prices Economical | At the BELMONT RESTAURANT The epicure who comes here remembers the occasion with fond | recollections. Quick Service Food that tickles your palate and an ‘e a attractive scale of prices is a combination that always fascinates our dinners. The pure food law and restaurant inspection ard a | superfluous issue in our establishment. One meal will be enough a to convince you,that you have found the best place in town to eat. | — C.N. BALL, Prop. ele 1516 Dodge Street 3 seeps All Night bo RECOVERY OF FINES AND FORFEITURES. All fines and forfeitures incurred under the provisions of : this act shall be recovered by action before any justice of the peace, and all such fines shall be paid into the school fund, in and for the county having jurisdiction of the case. DEFENDANT MAY BE COMMITTED BY JUSTICE UNTIL PAYMENT HAD. In all cases of conviction under the prvoisions of this act, the justice shall enter judgment for the fine and cosvs against the de- fendant, and may commit him unvil the judgment is satisfied, or is- sue execution on the judgment for the use of the common schools of the county. PENALTY FOR BRINGING DISEASED ANIMALS INTO STATE. Ty shall not be lawful for the owner of any domestic animal or animals or. any person having them in charge, knowingly to import or drive into this state any animal or animals having any contagious or infectious disease; and any person so offending shall be. deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine in any sum not less than $1 or more than*$100, and be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months, or both, in the discretion of the court. PENALTY FOR ALLOWING DISEASED ANIMALS TO RUN. Any person being the owner of any domestic animal or animals, or having the same in charge who shall turn out, or suffer any ‘such domestic animal or animals having any contagious or infec- ious disease, knowing the same to be so diseased, to run at large upon the unenclosed land, common, or highway or shall let the same ap- proach within twenty rods of any highway, or shall sell or dispose of any domestic animal or animals, knowing the same to be so diseased, without fully disclosing the fact to the purchaser shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisoned in vhe county jail not less than six months. ACT CUMULATIVE AND DOES NOT PREVENT DAMAGE SUIT. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the re- covery of damages in a civil action against any person or persons who’ shall sell, trade,.or import, or drive into Wnis state such diseased animal or animals, or who shall allow such domestic animal or ani- mals to run at large, or to approach nearer than twenty rods of any highway. VIOLATER OF ACT ALSO LIABLE IN DAMAGE. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act in addi- tion to the penalvies herein provided, shall be liable for all damages that may accrue to the party damaged by reason of said diseased ani- mal or animals imparting disease. OWNER MUST BURN DISEASED STOCK. The owner of any swine which die from disease or sickness shall have the carcass of the same completely burned on the premises where the animal died within forty-eight hours after death. Any person violating this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- viction thereof be fined in any sum not to exceed ten ($10.00) dollars. ROAD OVERSEER SEE THAT ACT IS ENFORCED. It is hereby made the duty of the road overseer in each road district to enforce the provisions of this Acv by filing complaint against the person so offending with the nearest justice of the peace 41 or with the county judge upon knowledge of any violation of this Act. Road overseers shall be allowed for the actual and necessary time required for wne enforcement of this Act the same pay as when en- gaged in their other duties. A failure or neglect to file such com- plaint within three days after notice or knowledge of the same shall disqualify the person so failing or neglecting from holding any county, township or precinct office in said county for Whe period of two years from such failure or neglect. Proof of such failure or neglect may be made on complaint of any citizen before the county judge of the county wherein the failure or Be ey is alleged to have occurred. HAULING OFF ON HIGHWAY PROHIBITED. If any person shall remove, or convey along any public highway,. road, alley or streev the carcass of any swine that has died from sick- ness or disease, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than Twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or more than One Hundred ($100.00) dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding three months. MANUFACTURERS FORBIDDEN TO USE. If any person or company engaged in the business of manufac- turing soap, or rendering lard or oil, shall receive, or have in their ‘possession Yhe carcass of any swine which has died from sickness or disease shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, or more than Three Hundred: ($300.00) dollars or be confined in the county jail not to exceed three months. SHEEP INSPECTOR—APPOINTED BY COUNTY BOARD. Whenever, in any county in this state, a majorivy of the sheep owners therein shall petition the board of county commissioners of their county, for the appointment of a sheep inspector, recommended by a majority of petitioners in such county it shall be the duty of the said board of county commissioners to appoint some sue) oo com- petent person sheep inspector in and for said county. WHO ELIGIBLE—BOND AN OATH OF. Such person shall be a resident of the county for which he shall be appointed. He shall, before entering upon the duvies of his office, take the oath prescribed for other “county officers, in chapter ten, compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska (9400), and shall give a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars payable vo the county in which he shall be appointed, with two sureties to be approved by the county clerk of such county, which bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of such clerk. TERM OF GFFICE. Every inspector shall hold his office for two years from the date of his appointment, and until his successor is duly appoinved and qualified. VACANCY FILLED BY COUNTY BOARD. The board of county commissioners of each county where the of- fice of sheep inspector exists, shall by appointment fill all vacancies occurring in said office, or about to occur by reason of the expiration of the term of any incumbent; Provided, That if a majorivy of the sheep owners of any such county shall petition the board of county commissioners thereof to abolish said office such board may in its dis- cretion abolish the same, to take effect upon the expiration of the term of the then incumbent. 42 POWERS AND DUTIES WITH INFECTED FLOCKS. Every sheep inspector upon inspecting any flock of sheep and finding the same or any part thereof infected with what is commonly called the ‘“‘scab” or any ovher contagious disease, shall, in the man- ner hereinafter prescribed, have the power to define, limit and re- strict the range and feeding grounds of. such sheep for such time and in such manner as to him may seem necessary to protect all neighboring flocks from becoming likewise infected, and notify the owners or agent of whe diseased flock; then he shall, within ten days from the day of inspection, commence the curing of same, and it shall be the duty of the inspector to inspect said flock every twenty days until the flock is found cured, for which he shall receive the same compensation as provided in secvion 12 (3210) and all persons who may be selected arbitrators under this act shall, in come nction with such inspector, have like power. INSPECTION RECORD KEPT BY. Every inspecvor shall keep a book, to be known as “Inspection Record,” in which he shall enter and record all his official acts and proceedings. Such record shall particularly show the name of vhe owner of every flock of sheep inspected, when the same was in- spected, the result of such inspection, and all orders and directions made in relation thereto. WHEN: MAKE ANNUAL INSPECTION. It shall be the duty of every sheep inspector, between the 15th day of May and the 15th day of August in each year, to make a careful inspection, to be known as the annual inspection, of every flock of . sheep kept in his county, and determine whether or not such sheep are free from scab and other contagicus disease. INSPECT FLOCK ON COMPLAINT. It shall further be the duty of every inspector, upon information and complaint made in writing before any justice of the peace and filed with the inspector, setting forth that any flock of sheep, describ- ing iv within the jurisdiction of such inspector, has the scab or any contagious disease, to forthwith inspect such flock as to the truth of such complaint; and if upon inspection it shall be found such flock is inflicted with a contagious disease, the owner shall pay Yhe expense of such inspection, otherwise the person lodging the complaint shall pay such costs, and shall be liable in a civil action therefor. INSPECT FLOCK SHIPPED IN FROM OTHER STATE.° Upon the arrival of any flock of sheep in any county in this stave in which there is a sheep inspector, it shall be the duty of the inspector in such county, having knowledge of such arrival to forth- with inspect such flock as to whether or not it is free from scab, or other contagious disease; Provided, If the owner of such flock or his agent shall, immediately upon such arrival, reporv the same to the sheep inspector, and at vhe same time exhibit to such inspector the certificate of‘ any duly appointed and qualified sheep inspector in Whe state that such flock has been by him duly inspected within one month of such arrival and found free from every contagious disease, then such inspection shall not be necessary. QUESTIONS ASKED BY INSPECTOR. Upon inspecting any flock of sheep it shall be the duty of the inspector to require the owner of such flock or in his (the) absence of his agent, true answers to the following questions: First. The name of the owner of such flock, his earmark and brand. Second. The increase of such flock by purchase or trade since the last inspection. 43 Third. From whom such increase has been received. Fourth. From what county and state such increase came. Fifth. Whether or not any part of them was, at the time inspected (infected) with the scab or any contagious disease, and, if so, what disease. Such owner or agent, as the case may be, shall make true answers to all such questions, and subscribe the same and make oath there- to, all of which shall .be entered in the inspector’s record. The inspector sha]Jl have power and is hereby authorised to administer an oath. POWERS AND DUTIES ON INSPECTION OF INFECTED FLOCKS. If upon the inspection of any flock of sheep the inspector shall find the same or any part thereof infected with the scab or any con- tagious disease, it shall be his duty at once to define, limit, and re- strict the range and feeding grounds of such flock, as authorised in section 5 (8203) of this ac’. The inspector shall, at the time of making any order or direction authorized by this act, enter the same, in full in his inspection record, and shall at once make out in writing a true copy thereof, and deliver the same to the owner interested, or in his absence to his agent in charge of such flock of sheep, and the owner of said sheep and all persons under him shall fully comply with the terms of the copy so served; Provided, If the owner of such sheep, or the person so served with such copy, shall consider the terms thereof unreasonable, he may, within twenty-four hours after receiving the same, so notify the inspector in writing, naming therein some disinterested person being the owner of one hundred sheep or more, arbitrator, to act in review on all matters contained in such order and copy, which person, wivh the inspector, shall without delay select some other like person, and the two thus chosen with the inspector shall forthwith make such orders and directions authorized in section five (3203) of this act, as to them may seem reasonable and just, and vheir action in the premises shall be final. Every order and direction shall be entered in full on the inspector’s record, and be signed by the arbitrators and inspector making the same, and a true copy thereof ser- ved without delay on the owner interested or his agent in charge. FEES OF INSPECTOR AND ARBITRATORS—HOW PAID. The inspector and arbivrators shall receive for their services the following fees and no more, which shall be paid by the owner of the flock inspected, except as otherwise provided in this act: The inspector shall receive for each flock inspected at each annual inspection the sum of one dollar, and in addition thereto the sum of ten cents for every hundred sheep inspected, or fractional part thereof, to be paid by the owner of the flock inspected. For every other inspection the sum of three dollars per day for each day necessarily employed in such duty. Each arbitrator shall receive three dollars per day for each day necessarily employed in their duties. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH INSPECTOR’S DIRECTIONS. Any person who shall fail to comply with or disregard any order or directions made by the inspector and arbitrators, under the pro- visions of this act, shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars. OWNER LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO OTHER FLOCKS AND HERDS. Any person or persons’ owning or keeping any flock or herd of sheep, any portion of which flock or herd is diseased with the scab or other contagious disease, shall be liable to any person damaged thereby in double the amount of damage such person may sustain by 44 reason of such flock or herd or any part thereof being moved or al- lowed to stray from the premises of the owner of such flock. CARE OF DISEASED SHEEP—FINE. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons having a flock or herd of sheep, any portion of which is infected wivh the scab or any infectious or contagious disease, to allow such flock or herd or any ~ part thereof to stray or be driven upon’the grounds of another with- out the consent of the occupant vhereof in writing, or to allow any such flock or any part thereof to come in contact, off his premises, with the sheep of any other person. Every person so offending shall be. fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred. dollars. BRINGING INTO STATE OF DISEASED SHEEP. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring into this state from without the state any sheep infected with the scab or any contagious disease. Every person so offending shall upon convic- tion thereof be fined in any sum not less than fifvy dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than one month or more than three months, or both at the discretion. of ‘he court. BRANDS AND EAR-MARKS RECORDED IN OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK. Every person or persons being the owner of any sheep shall cause such sheep, and all of them six months old and upwards, to- be suitably branded and ear-marked. which brand and ear-mark shall be made of record in the office of the ocunty clerk of the county in which such sheep are kept. very person failing to com- ply with the provisions of this section shall, upon convicvion thereof, be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars. NO PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM SALE. No property shall be exempt from sale under execution issued upon any judgment obtained under any of the provisions of this act. OWNERS OF DOGS LIABLE FOR DAMAGES DONE. Thay dogs are hereby declared to be personal property for all intents and purposes and the owner or owners of any dog or dogs Shall be liable for any and all damages that may accrue to any per- son, firm, or corporation by reason of such dog or dogs killing, wounding, worrying or chasing any sheep or other domestic animals. belonging to such person, firm or corporation and such damage be recovered from any court having jurisdiction of the amount. claimed. PERSONS JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE—WHEN If two or more dogs owned by different persons shall kill, wound, chase or worry any sheep or ovher domestic animal, such persons shall be jointly and severally liable for all damages done by such dogs.. RIGHT TO KILL DOGS—WHEN. Any person shall have the right to kill any dog found doing any damage aforesaid to any sheep or domestic animal, or shall have just and reasonable ground to believe that such dog has been killing, wounding, chasing or worrying such sheep or animal, and no action shall be maintained for such killing. TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG SH#EP. Any person being the owner of sheep or having the same in charge, who shall turn out, or suffer any sheep having any conta- gious disease, knowing the same to be so diseased, to run at large upon. any common highway, or enclosed ground, or who shall sell any such. 45 sheep, knowing the same to be diseased, without fully disclosing the fact to the purchaser, shall be punished by a fine of not less’ than twenty dollars and not more than one hundred dollars, and be im- prisoned in the jail of the county not exceeding three months, in the discretion of the court; provided however, this section shall not be so costrued as to prevent any person from owning such diseased from driving them along any public highway. SELLING OR ALLOWING DISEASED ANIMALS_ TO RUN AT LARGE. It shall be unlawfui for any person to sell, barter or dis- pose of, or permit to run at large, any horses, cattle, sheep, or domes- tic animal, knowing that such horse, cattle, sheep, or domestic animals are infected with contagious or infectious disease, or have been re- cently exposed thereto, unless he shall first duly inform person to whom he may sell, barter or dispose of such horse, cattle, sheep or other domestic animal, of the same; and any person so offending shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hudred dollars,.or be confined in the jail of the county not ex- ceeding three months, ALLOWING DISEASED ANIMALS TO COME IN CONTACT WITH OTHERS. If any person, being the owner or having charge of any horse, cattle, sheep, or any kind of stock knowing the same to be infected with contagious or infectious disease, shall knowingly per- mit it to come in contact with any other person’s horses or stock, without such person’s knowledge or permission, such person shall be fined in any ‘sum not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dol- lars, or be confined in the jail of the county not less than ten nor more than fifty days. HOG CHOLERA—CARCASSES NOT SOLD. If any person owning, or assuming to own or control swine, any of which have died from disease or sickness or shall dispose of : the carcasses of said animals for any purpose whatever; or shall render into lard or oil, the said carcasses; or if any person who shall buy or receive the carcasses of said dead animals, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less vWaan Twenty- five ($25.00) Dollars or more than One Hun- dred ($100.00) dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not to ex- ceed three months. DISEASED CATTLE NOT TO RUN AT LARGE—PENALTY. : That every person shall so restrain his diseased or distempered cattle, or such-as are under his care, that they may not go av large; and no person or persons shall drive any diseased or distempered cattle, affected with any contagious or infectious disease, into or through this state or from one point thereof to another. Any person or persons offending against this section shall, on conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, forfeit not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for every head of such catile, and be liable for all costs and damages. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IMPOUND DISEASED CATTLE. Any justice of the peace, upon proof before him that any cattle are going at large or are driven in or through his county, in vioation ' of the proceding section, shall order a constable or sheriff to impound them, and the owner thereof shall be held liable for all costs and damages. 46 SHERIFF OR CONSTABLE EXECUTE ORDER OF JUSTICE— FEE—PENALTY. The sheriff or constable who may execute the order of any jus- tice of the peace as aforesaid, to impound any such cattle, shall have twenty-five cents per head for vhe first fifty and five cents for each additional head to be paid by the defendant upon conviction thereof, but in case the defendant be discharged, then said costs to be paid by the complainanv; and if any officer to whom any order under this law is directed shall fail to execute, he shall forfeit in case of a failure a sum not less than one hundred dollars. HOG CHOLERA SERUM PLANT. There shall be established by the board of regents of the State University a plant for the producvion and preparation of the hog cholera serum discovered by the Biochemic Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C. Said plant shall be under the regulation and control of the board of regents of the Nebraska State Universivy. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PATHOLOGY—CONDUCT. The Department of Animal Pathology of the State University shall carry on. the production and preparation of said serum under the provisions of this act and shall deliver to the Nebraska State Veterinarian, or his authorized deputies, said serum at the actual cost of production for so much as said serum shall be used and ap- plied under the direct supervision of the Stave Veterinarian or his Deputies. Said Department shall also distribute said serum to farm- ers and swine growers, residents of Nebraska, at the actual cost of its» producivion. APPROPRIATION FOR. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the following sum for the purpose of carrying out this act: For buildings, plant and equipment, ex- penses of operating and maintenance, and all ovher expenses in- curred in the necessary scientific distribution and application of serum by this Department of the State Veterinarian or his deputies $15,000.00. / RECEIPTS FROM SALE OF SERUM. All moneys collected from vhe sale of said serums as provided for in Section 2 of this Act, shall be paid into the operation and maintenance fund, and the same is hereby appropriated for the con- tinuing operation of the plant. MANUFACTURE OF SERUM AFTER MONEY EXHAUSTED. Production and preparavion of said Hog-cholera serum may be carried on after the exhaustion of the appropriation made herein, to meet any furthed demands, provided said serum is then sold at. the full cost of its production. 4% Brands BRANDING STOCK. Any person or persons having cattle, hogs, sheep, horses mules or asses, shall have ‘ne right to adopt a brand or mark, for the use — of which he shall have the exclusive right in this state, after re- cording such brand or mark as hereinafter provided. RECORDING—FEES. The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this act, procure a suitable book, or books, in which all brands and marks shall be recorded. Each person desiring a brand, or mark, recorded as hereinafter provided, shall pay invo the office of Secretary of State, a fee of $1.50, for recording such brand or mark. And every five years thereafter, the owner of any recorded brand, or mark, shall pay to the Secretary of State the sum of 50 cents, for the re-recording of such brand or mark: Provided, that all brands and marks prior vo July 1, 1906, must be re-recorded before January 1, 1908. BRANDS RE-RECORDED EVERY FIVE YEARS. The Secretary of State shall notify the owner of any recorded brand by letter on or before September 1, 1907, and on or before September 1, every five years thereafter of the time for recording his brand and any brand, or mark, the owner of which who fails to have same re-recorded as above provided becomes cancelled and may be used by another. Such fees shall, by said Secretary of State, be turned over to the State Treasurer for use in the generak fund, and by said treasurer be receipted for. BRANDS MUST NOT BE DUPLICATED. No person shall have or adopt a brand or mark previously re- corded under this act to any other person if used on the same side; neither shall the secretary of state record the same brand or mark to more than one person, unless for opposite side. BRANDS IN ACTUAL USE FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE. Any person desiring to use any brand or mark shall make and sign a certificate setting forth a facsimile and description of the brand and mark which he desires to use or to which shall be at- tached a certified copy of the record of such brand and mark. from any county in which the same shall have been recorded, if so _ re- corded, and showing the date of such record, and shall file whe same for record in the office of the Secretary of State; Provided, That no brand shall be filed or registered unless the same is in actual use. DECIDE ON BRANDS OFFERED FOR RECORD. The authority of deciding whether a brand or mark offered for record does or does not conflict wivta any previously recorded brand or mark shall be vested in the secretary of state. All brands offered for record shall be submitted before acceptance to said secretary of state; Provided, That no brand described as being on either side of Yhe animal shall be accepted or recorded; Provided, further, That a brand described as being on both sides may be accepted. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to file all brands offered for record pending the examination, which he shall cause to be made as promptly as possible; and if the brand is accepted “ne ownership shall date from the date of filing. 48 IF TWO BRANDS ARE SIMILAR, LAST ONE RECORDED ILLEGAL, The secretary of state shall examine any evidence of brands or marks, or records thereof, which may heretofore have been made in the office of any register of deeds of this state, and any other evi- dence of such marks or brands which may be presented by the owner, and in any case, where a brand or mark is found which conflicts with one previously recorded, or which might in its use endanger the property of the party owning the brand or mark earliest of record, it shall be the duty of the secretary of svate to notify the party own- ing said brand last of record that the further use of same shall be illegal to the same extent as though it had never been recorded, un- less previously agreed upon by owner of such brands or marks and a joint statement be presented to vhe secretary of state by such brand owners. This said notice shall be given by letter. It is expressly provided that this enactment shall not in any way affecv or invali- date the ownership of animals which were branded with said brand then registered previous to such examination and rejection, the ob- ject of Wnis act being to make illegal and enjoin from the further use of said brand. BROUGHT IN FOR GRAZING, BEAR DISTINGUISHING BRAND It shall be the duty of any person who, after the passage of this act, brings into any county of this state and turns loose for grazing purposes any herd brand or individual animals already branded, to lay before the secrevary of the state a statement of the brands of said animals, and if said brands conflict with any previously re- corded it shall be the duty of this owner or manager of said animals to brand them with a brand that the secretary of state shall con- sider a full and disvinguished mark from all brands there recorded, but the owner shall be enjoined from further use of the conflicting brand. A failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall render the party so failing liable for all damages resulting from such failure, which damages may be recovéred in a civil suit. It is further provided VWaat this section shall apply to all animals now in any county in this state whose brands are considered by said secretary of state to infringe on previously recorded ones. BRANDS TO BE REJECTED. In deciding as to the conflict of brands, the Secretary of State shall reject any that, being the same as one previously recorded, has in addition, any of the following, whether placed across, above, below at either side, or encircling the main brand, viz: A straight bar, a quarter, half or entire circle, a quarter, half or entire diamond, either upright or inverted, the same not constituting a true brand and rendering the owner of the same brand liable to damages by its use, saving only when one or more of these shall be filed by the owner of the first record of the main brand in which case it may be accepted The secretary of state shall reject any brand formed by repetition of any letter, number or figure which shall have been previously re- corded, if on the same side of the animals, the exclusive right of the first record to the letter, number or figure, and to repetition of it, being re-affirmed. He shall also reject all brands, known as solid brands. ‘and all ear marks which shall remove to exceed one-half of theear. A variation in the size of a letter, number, or figure shall not constitute a new brand and shall be rejected. A combination of letters, num- bers, or figures may be permitted though the same letters, numbers or figures may have been recorded, single or together, if in the judgment of the secretary of state said combination is so different from any previous record as to constitute a new brand with no danger of in- fringement. 49 BRAND PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF OWNERSHIP. In all suits at law or in equity, or in any criminal proceedings, — where the ownership of any cattle, horses, mules or swine is involved the brand upon any animal, above named, shall be prima facie -evi- dence of ownership of the person whose brand iv may be; Provided, That such brand has been duly recorded as provided by law. Proof of the right of any person to use such brand shall be made by a copy : of the record of the same, certified, in case of the registry of such mark or brand under the law in force prior to March 29th, 1901, by the register of deeds of the county in which said mark or brand has been recorded under Yhe hand and seal of the office of the said reg- ister, and in case of the registry of such mark or brand under the act of March 29th, 1901, by the register of deeds of the county in which said mark or brand has been recorded under the hand and seal of the office of the said register, and in case of the registry of such mark or brand under the act of March 29th, 1901, by the Secretary of State under the hand and seal of his office; Provided, further, That any owner or owners of any brand or brands, mark or marks may sell and transfer Yhe same by an instrument in writing which sale and transfer shall not become effective until said instrument shall be re- corded in the manner required by iaw for the recording of marks and brands and for which recording a like fee shall be charged which fee shall be disposed cf and accounted for in the same manner as fees for recording marks and brands. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. Any person or persons who shall violate or fail to obey the pro- visions of this act, or shall continue the use of a brand or mark after the same has been rejected by said Secretary of Stave or shall con- tinue to use any brand or mark after the said Secretary of State shall have decided that the same conflicts with a previously recorded brand or mark, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- viction vhereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be pun- ished by a fine of not exceeding one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. DOES NOT IMPAIR RIGHTS OF OWNERS. Nothing in this act contained shall be consv¥rued to in any man- ner impair the property rights of owners of live stock in the state under the laws heretofore in force. BUTCHER TO RECORD MARKS AND BRANDS. Any person now engaged or who may hereafter engage in the business of a butcher in the stave of Nebraska shall keep a record of all branded beef animals he may slaughter, give age, sex, marks, and brands, of whom purchased and date of said purchase, which record shall at all times be open for public inspection alt his place of busi- ness. EXHIBIT HIDES. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons who occasionally slaughter cattle or beef to offer forsale said beef without exhibiting the hide or hides of ‘such beef at the time and place said beef is of- fered for sale. And it is provided, further, that the brands on the hide so exhibited must not be changed, mutilated or destroyed. ht) KEEP HIDES FOR AT LEAST THREE DAYS. All persons other than butchers, who occasionally slaughter cattle or beef, for home consumption, shall keep the hide or hides of such animals so slaughtered for a period of not less than three days, sub- ject to inspection by any person or persons. 50 KEEP RECORD OF BRANDED HIDES BOUGHT. All purchasers of hides shall keep a record of all hides of neat cattle purchased by them, which record shall state the name or names _ of the person or persons from whom purchased, their place of residence, the date of purchase and all marks and brands on said hides, which shall at all times be cpen for the inspection of stock growers, their agents, and employes. Provided, that the provision of this section shall only apply to branded hides. PENALTY. Any person who shall wilfully violate the provisions of this act or wilfully neglect or refuse to do any act herein required shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by im- prisonmeny in the county jail for a period not exceeding three months or pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. ALTERING EAR MARK, OR BRAND. If any person shall wilfully and maliciously alter or deface any artificial ear mark or brand, upon any horse, mare, foal, filly, mule or ass, sheep, goat, or swine, cow, ox, steer, bull, or heifer the property of another, every person so offending shall be fined in any sum not ex- ceeding fifty dollars, and be liable in treble damages to the party in- jured. Stallion Laws SECTION 1: STALLIONS, JACKS, BULLS, LIEN FOR SERVICE. Every owner, lessee, agent or manager of any stallion, jack or bull shall be envitled to and have a lien upon any mare and her colt or upon any cow and her calf served by any such stallion, jack or bull for the full amount of the reasonable or agreed value or price of such service. Every such owner, lessee, agent or manager of such stallion, jack or bull desiring to perfect a lien upon any mare and her colt or upon any cow and her calf shall at any time after breeding any such animal to any such male file with the County Clerk of the county a verified notice of lien describing such animal with reason- able certainvy, giving the name of the owner and his place of resi- dence if known, and the name and residence of the person having the possession ‘of such animal, the location of such animal, the terms of payment for such service, the amount thereof, the name of the male, the date of the service, and vhe time or event when the same shall become due and payable, and such other matters as to make the same more certain. Thereafter such lienor shall have a first lien upon such animal cr animals described therein, and their offspring as soon as the same may be born, subject, however, to the lien of record of any prior mortgage in. good faivh. SEC. 2. LIST OF ANIMALS SERVED. Any owner of any stallion, jack or bull within the state may file with the County Clerk of any county therein on or before the first day of October of each year, a full and complete list of the mares or cows served by such male within such county during that year. Such list shall contain the name of and a brief description of all animals so served, the owners thereof, the terms on which each was bred, the amount of money due or to become due upon each, and the time when payment thereof becomes due, and it shall be verified by the owner of such stallion, jack or bull or his lawfully authorized agent. SEC. 3. LIENS, DURATION. From the time of filing such lien upon any such mare or cow the lienor shall have the right to hold the same on such mare or cow and their or its offspring for a 51 period of six months from and after the birvh of such offspring, but if such lien shall not be foreclosed within that time the same shall expire, and be of no force or effect. 7 SEC. 4. FORECLOSURE. Every such lienor may foreclose such lien by delivering to any sheriff or constable a true copy of such lien certified by the Clerk of the County, vogether with an affidavit of the lienor or any agent or attorney having knowledge of the facts, stating the amount due and unpaid on such lien with direction to such officer ¥o foreclose such lien. Thereupon such officer shall seize such mare or cow and their or its offspring and sell the same in the manner provided by law for the sale of personal property on execu- tion, and retain the principal and interest and expenses of such seizure and sale, and the overplus, if any, pay over to the owner of such mare or deposit the same for him with vhe County Clerk and make and file due return thereof with the County Clerk. SEC. 5. ANIMALS--REMOVAL. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any mare or cow or their or its offspring, or any persons having the possession of such mare or cow or their or its offspring upon which there is a lien of record in the county vo sell or perma- nently remove the same from the county or state before said lien is paid; provided, such owner may remove the same to an adjoining county by first filing in such adjoining county a certified copy of such lien and notifying such lienor in writing of whe exact location of such mare or cow and their or its offspring in such adjoining county. SEC. 5. VIOLATION OF ACT. Any person cr _ persons knowingly or willfully violating any of the provisions of this: act, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). REGISTRATION OF STALLIONS AND JACKS. SECTION 1. STALLIONS, ete. CERTIFICATES—REGIS- | TRATION BOARD. Every owner or keeper .of any stallion or jack kept for sale, transfer, exchange or public service, who represenvs such stallion or jack to be fit for service, shall procure a certificate and keep the same, or an exact copy thereof, posted in a conspicuous place within every barn, shed or building in which such stallion or jack is kept for service and shall mention the same in all advertise- ments, as herein provided. Such cervificate shall be procured from the Stallion Registration Board, which shall be composed of the following named officers: The Governor, the State Treasurer, the Com- missioner of Public Lands and Buildings. The Board shall have power to appoint a secretary who shall be the Deputy State Veteri- narian, and vo employ all necessary help and maintain an office in the State Capitol. SEC. 2. CERTIFICATES—HOW OBTAINED. In order to obtain such certificate, there shall be presented to said Stallion Reg- istration Board an affidavit, signed by a qualified veterinarian who is not interested in whe buying and selling of horses who has been appointed by said board, (said Veterinary Surgeon may be disquali- fied for cause), to the effect that he has personally examined such stallion or jack and that to the best of his knowledge and belief such stallion or jack is free from such hereditary, infecvious, contagious or transmissable diseases as: urethal gleet, melanosis, periodic op- thalmia (moon blindness), laryngeal hemiplegia, roaring, dourine, glanders, farcy, or serious defects in general conformation, and, if the stallion or jack is pure bred, there shall be presented to the in- spector for his examination and comparison also a certificate of reg- isvration of such stallion issued by one of the following foreign stud books, and associations recognized by the Department of Agriculture 52 in the Bureau of Animal Husbandry Order No. 175, November 2, 1910, and amendment number one (1) thereto, December 30, 1910. Name of breed: book of record and association, society or comm— pany. Belgian Draft. Stud Book des Chevaux de Trait Bleges. Societe le Cheval de Trait Belge Chevalier, G. Hynderick, sec’y, Brussels, Belgium. Clydesdale. Clydesdale Stud Book. Clydesdale Horse Soc’y ef the Umited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Archibald Mac- - Neigage, Sec’y, 93 Hop St., Glasgow, Scotland. French Draft. Studbook des Chevaux de Trait, Francais. Soc- ete des Agricultures de France, Henri Johanet, Sec’y, 8 Rue d’Athe-- nes, Paris, France. Hackney. Hackney Stud Book. Hackney Horse Soc’y, Frank f°-. Euren, Sec’y., 12 Handover Sq., London, W. England. Shetland Pony. Shetland and Pony Stud Book. Shetland Fony~ Percheron. Studbook Percheron de France. La Societe Hippique Percherrone de France, E. Lemarie, Sec’y., Noget le Rotrou, France. Studbook Society, R. W. DS Sec’y., 3 Golden Sq., Aberdeen, Scotland. Shire. Shire Horse Bee, Studbook. Shire Horse Soc’y, J- Sloughgrove, Sec’y, 12 Handover Sq., London, W., England. Suffolk. Suffolk Studbook. Suffolk Horse Soc’y, Fred Smith, Sec’y, Rendelsham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Thoroughbred. Australian Studbook. W. C.. Yuille & Sons, Mel- bourne, Aus. General. Studbook. Weatherby & Sons, 6 Old Burling-— ton St., London, W., England. _ Welsh Pony & Cob. Welsh Pony & Cob Studbook. The Welsh Fone & Cob Soc’y, John R. Bache, Sec’y., Knighton, Radnorshire, ales. Belgian Draft. Canadian. Canadian Nat’l. Records, Secretary.;. Ottawa, Canada. _ Clydesdale, Hackney, Shire, Suffolk, Welsh Pony & Cob. Nationa’ ecords. The stud books and signatures of the duly authorized officers of © the ‘following American horse and jack pedigree registry association, societies or companies, certified by vhe Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., in Bureau of Animal Industry, Order No. 136... June 20, 1906, and in the amendments thereto: ‘B22 Name of nee book of record, and by whom published. Arabian. Studbook of the Arabian Horse Club of America. Ara— bian Horse Club of America, H. K. Buch-Brown, Sec’y, Newburgh. INS Ys Belgian Draft. American Register of Belgian Draft Horses-. American Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgiam Draft Horses, J. C. Connor, Jr., Secretary, Wabash, Ind. Cleveland Bay. American Cleveland Bay Svud Book. Cleveland Bay Society of America, R. P. Stericker, Secretary, Oconomowoc, Wis... French Draft. National Register of French Draft Horses. Na-- tional French Draft Horse Association of America, C. E. Stubbs, Secretary, Fairfield, Iowa. Clydesdale. American Clydesdale. American Clydesdale Asse- ciation, R. B. Ogilvie, Secretary, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, HI. French Coach. French Coach Studbook. French Coach Horse Society of America, Duncan H. Willevt, Secretary, Maple Avenue anci. Harrison St., Oak Park, IIl. 53 « French Coach. French Coach Horse Register. French Coach “Worse Reg., C. Glenn, Secretary, 1319 Wesley Ave., Columbus. Ohio. German Coach, Oldenburg. German Hanoverian and Oldenburg Coach Horse Studbook. German Hanoverian and Oldenburg Coach “ SJorse Association of America, J. Crouch, Secretary, Lafayette, Ind. Hackney. American Hackney Studbook. American Hackney ‘forse Society, Gurney C. Gue, Secretary, 308 W. 97th St., New York * SCity. Jacks and Jennets. American Jack Stock Studbook. American Breeders’ Association of Jacks and Jennets, J. W: Jones, Secretary, Columbia, Tenn. Percheron. Percheron Studbook of America. Percheron Society . of America, Wayne Dismore, Secretary, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, » {llinois. Percheron. Percheron Register. The Percheron Registry Com- pany, Chas. C. Glenn, Secretary, 1319 Wesley Ave., Columbus, Ohio. Percheron. The American Breeders’ and Importers’ Percheron Register. The American Breeders’ and Importers’ Percheron Regis- try Company, John A. Forney, Secretary, Plainfield, Ohio. - Shetland Pony. American Shetland Pony Club Studbook. Amer- ican Shetland Pony Club, Miss Julia M. Wade, Secretary, LaFayette, . Indiana. Shire. American Shire Horse. Studbook. American Shire Horse Association, Chas. Burgess, Sr., Secretary, Wenoa, Ill. Suffolk. American Suffolk Horse Studbook. American Suffolk “Horse Association, Alex Galbraith, Dekalb, Ill. Thoroughbred. American Studbook. The Jockey Club. W. H. Rowe, Registrar, 571 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Welsh Pony and Cob. Welsh Pony and Cob Studbook . The Welsh Pony and Cob Society of America, John Alexander, Secretary, Aurora, Ill. - American Trovter. American. Trotting Register. American Trotting Register Association, Wm. H. Knight, Secretary, 187 So. Ashland Boulevard, Chicago, III. Morgan. American Morgan Register. American Morgan Reg- aster Association, T. E. Boyce, Secretary, Middlebury, V«. Saddle Horse. American Saddle Horse Register. American Sees Horse Breeders’ Association, I. B. Nall, Secretary, Louisville, ‘ y. The said Stallion Registravion Board shall accept as pure bred -entitled to a license certificate as such, each stallion or jack for which a pedigree registry certificate is furnished the inspector bearing the signature of the duly auvnorized officers of one of the above named associations, societies or companies. SEC. 3. CERTIFICATE FORM—The certificates for stallions shall be of two forms, one for pure breds, and one for grades. Each certificate shall state the name of the stallion or jack and if pure red and registered number and the name of the stud book in “which such stallion or jack is registered. Each certificate shall bear ithe name of the importer or breeder, the name of the present owner, tion Board, and shall have attached thereto the official seal of saic&. Board. A grade shall be defined as a stallion or jack whose owner presents the affidavit of two persons that said grade has either =. sire or dam of pure breeding. SEC. 4. QUALIFICATIONS. No stallion or jack which may come into the state of Nebraska, after this act shall take effect, shall. be given a cervificate if such stallion or jack is affected with one or: more of the following diseases, namely: urethal gleet, melanosis, peri— odic opthalmia (moonblindness), laryngeal hemiplegia (roaring), cata— ract, amaurosis(glass eye), chorea (St. Vitus dance), string halt, bone spavin, bog spavin, ring bone, side bone, curb with curly forma— tion of hock or is seriously defective in conformation, with vicious dis- position. SEC. 5. RE-EXAMINATION. Every stallion or jack whic” has been granved a certificate by the Stallion Registration Board shall be re-examined by an authorized veterinarian each year thereafter and said board shall have the power to revoke certificates for cause.. Exceptions: Stallions over eight years of age having had three prior annual sound certificates from this board shall be exempt from fur-- ther examinavions, except for contagious or infectious disease, upon display of age certificate issued by the Stallion Registration Board.,. age to date from Jaunary 1 of the year of its birth. Every certi-- ficate except “Transfer” shall be for the calendar year. Colts less vhan eighteen months old are not classified as stallions and are not - subject to inspection except by request of owner or agent. SEG. 6. CERTIFICATE POSTED. Eevry owner or keeper of a stallion or jack kept for services shall keep posted the certificates issued by the Stallion Registration Board or a copy of the same, dur- ing the entire breeding season, in a conspicuous place within every shed or building in which such stallion or jack is kept for service. SEC. 7. ADVERTISEMENTS. No owner or keeper of a stal-- lion not of pure breeding shall permit the printing, publishing or cir- culating of any bill, poster, card, newspaper advertisement or other> advertisement calling attention vo said stallion as a breeder, unless: the same shall have the words “grade stallion” in two inch type tm- mediately preceding such name. SEC. 8 RECORD OF CERTIFICATE. It shall be the duty - of the Stallion Registravion Board to keep a record of all certificates... and the issuance. refusal! or revocation of the same. SEC. 9. CERTIFICATE TRANSFER. If the owner of the. stallion or jack shall sell, exchange, or transfer the same, said Stal— lion Registration Board shall, upon receiving the certificate in force: at the time of the sale and satisfactory proof of such change in own— . ership, issue to the new owner a certificate of transfer of ownership. SEC. 10. FEES. A fee of Three Dollars ($3.00) shall be . paid for each certificate, for each renewal Three Dollars ($3.00), fox- each transfer of ownership twenty-five cents (25c), and two dollars: ($2.00) for age certificate. If the owner or lessee of any stallion or - jack after dve notification by the Stallion Registration Board, fails : to deliver said stallion or jack for inspection in all cases on the day - and at the place designated by the Stallion Registration Board, the- fees of such inspection may, in the discretion of the Board, be doubled.. — The inspection as far as practical shall be made at the place where stallions or jacks are kept. SEC. 11. FUNDS, HOW USED. The funds accruing from registration shall be used by the Stallion Registration Board for printing, office supplies, secrevary and clerical service, payment of inspectors, and the publication of an annual report which shall con- . tain an alphabetical list of stallions and jacks which have been granted... 55 seertificates and a full and complete account of all money received and expended. SEC. 12. VIOLATION OF ACT, PENALTY. Any person; - firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this ..aet shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of mot less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding ‘thirty (30) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the dis- cretion of the court. SEC. 13. CERTIFICATES HERETOFORE ISSUED. All 1913 inspections made and certificates issued by the Nebraska Stal- lion Registration Board, W. R. Mellor, Secretary, are hereby ordered recognized as valid for the current year, by this Board hereby created. SEC. 14. REPEALS. Thaw sections 3302, 3303, 3304, 3305, and 3306 of Cobbey’s Annotated Statutes for 1911 (Compiled Statutes Chapter 4, Sections 40a-e), as the same now exists, are hereby re- pealed. The following is a copy of the certificate thav will be issued for pure bred stallions, and similar certificates will be issued for grade stallions, and jacks: State of Nebraska Stallion Registration Board license: Certificate’ Noi Pure Bred Stallion red by je ee BPS) oii. he EI, NRT ee State... Owned by6u Poe Se aoe eee POe uo Neb Hoaled iy)... Gua. Colors Ook: 5 Gu ne Wieiehts hae Height has been examined by the stallion Registration Board and it is hereby certified that the said stallion is of pure breeding and is regisvered BASING! Pe oe Line Geis = es eee eee Stud Bock recognized by statute (Chapter 1, Laws of Nebraska, 1913). The above named stal- lion has been examined by a qualified veterinarian who reports as follows: “T have this day examined the pure bred stallion named............ aA ee TE Eitiacs HES AO), eh Samples CANE No 20.0 and toeenenmece of my knowledge and belief said stallion is free from urethal gleet, melanosis, periodic opthalmia, laryngeal hemoplegia, and serious de- fects in general conformation. I further certify that said stallion as sound excepY as indicated in the diagram below.” (Diagram of Horse Here.) State Stallion Inspector. Said stallion is hereby licensed to stand for public service in the State of Nebraska during the season of the calendar year 19................ Dated at Lincoln, Nebraska, this................ day: of... eae jorar Secret! 56 Hudson and Greenameyer . Live Stock ... Commission Merchants | Note: Our Shippers are Our Best Advertisers | A. G. Greenameyer, W. C. Hudson, Bert Carpenter, Jno. Griggs, : O. J. Gibbs, Hog Safesmren . | % Cattle Salesmen 3 “Auto. 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Any corporation operating a rail- way, and failing to fence ‘same against live stock run- ning at large and maintain proper and sufficient cattle-guards at alk points where the right to fence or maintain cattle-guards exists shall be liable to the ower of any stock killed or injured by reason of the want of such fence or cattle-guards for the full amount of the dam- ages sustained by the owner on account thereof, unless it was occa- sioned by his wilful act or that of his agent; and to recover the same it shall only be necessary for him to prove the loss of or injury to his property. If such corporation fails or neglects to pay such dam- ages within thirty days after notice in writing that a loss or injury has occurred, accompanied by an affidavit thereof. served upon any officer or station or ticket agent employed by said corporation in the county where such loss or injury occurred, such owner shall be entitled to recover from the corporation double the amount of dam- ages actually sustained by him. No law of the state or any local or police regulations of any county. township, city or town, relating: to the restraint of domestic animals, or in relation to the fences of farmers or land owners, shall be applicable to railway tracks unless specifically so stated in such law and regulation. Upon depot grounds necessarily used by the public and the corporation, the operating of trains at a greater rate of speed than eight miles an hour where no fence is built shall be negligence, and shall render such corporation liable for all damages occasioned thereby, in the same manner and to the same extent, except as to double damages, as in cases where the right to fence exists. FENCES REQUIRED. AI railway corporations owning or operating a line of railway within the state shall con- struct, maintain and keep in repair a suitable fence of posts and barb wire or posts and boards or any other fence which the fence viewers shall determine to be equivalent thereto, on each side of the track thereof, so connected with cattle-guards at all public road cross- ings as to prevent cattle horses and other live stock from getting on the railroad tracks. Such tracks shall be fenced within six months after the completion of the same or any part thereof. 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That the board known as the state board of veterinary medical examiners is hereby abolished and all of the powers and du- ties thereof are hereby transferred to and enjoined upon the state veterinary surgeon, except as hereinafter provided. All of the books, documents records stationery and office equipment now in. possession of the board or of any officer or employe thereof shall, upon the tak- ing effect of this act be turned over to the state veterinary surgeon. SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF ANIMAL HEALTH—HOW CON- - STITUTED AND APPOINTED—TERMS. There is hereby created a commission to be known as a commission of animal health, which commission shall consist of the state veterinary surgeon who shall be the chairman and executive officer thereof, two veterinarians and two stock raisers all of whom shall be appointed by the governor. The veterinarians shall possess the same qualifications required for the state veterinary surgeon. One such veterinarian shall be appointed to serve until June 30, 1912 and one until June 30, 1913 and as their terms expire their successors shall be appointed for three years. The state veterinary surgeon shal] be appointed to serve until June 30, 1914 and thereafter his term shall be three years. The other members of the commission shall be appointed, one to serve until June 30, 1912 and the other until June 30, 1913 and as their terms expire their successors shall be appointed for a term of two years. SEC. 38. MEETINGS—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG ANIMALS. The commission shall hold at least two meetings each year one in July cand one in January, at the office of the state veterinary surgeon, and may meet at such other times and places in the state as may seem necessary. It shall have the power and authority to make such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary for the prevention sup- pression, or against the spread of any contagic” «>. infectious disease among animals in or being driven or transporté through or brought into the state and may provide for quarantining against animals within or without the state. When such rules and regulations have been submitted to and approved by the executive council they shall be published and enforced by the veterinary surgeon and in the per- formance of his duties he may call to his assistance any peace officer. SEC. 4. EXAMINING BOARD. The state veterinary surgeon and the two veterinarians upon the commission shall constitute a board for the examination of applicants to practice veterinary medi- cine, surgery and dentistry in the state. SEC. 5. COMPENSATION—EXPENSES. The members of the commission other than the state veterinary surgeon, shall re- ceive as compensation for their services one hundred dollars each per annum, together with their actual and necessary traveling, hotel and other expenses and in addition thereto the veterinarians upon the commission shall receive one hundred dollars each per annum for their services as members of the examining board. All of which shall be paid upon vouchers duly approved by the executive council. SEC. 6. ACTS IN CONFLICT AMENDED. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby amended to conform to the provisions hereof. s 89 Associations for Promotion of Live Stock Industry AN ACT to authorize the incorporation in each county of the state of an association for the advancement and improvement of agricul- ture, animal husbandry and horticulture to define the powers and rights of such association and its members, to provide for tne sub- mission to the voters of the question of levying a tax in aid of the objects of such association and to provide for the termination of said tax. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tomar SECTION 1. PURPOSE. For the purpose of improving and advancing the science and art of agriculture, animal husbandry and horticulture a body corporate is hereby authorized in each county in the state. SEC. 2. CORPORATION—HOW FORMED. Such body cor- porate may be formed by the acknowledging and filing for record with the county recorder of such county, of articles of incorporation by at. least ten farmers, land owners, or other business men of each of the majority of the several townships of the county. SEC. 3. ARTICLES—FORM. The articles of incorporation. shall be as follows: ‘We the undersigned farmers, land owners and business residents, of 2 County, Iowa, do hereby adopt the following articles of incorportation: Article 1. The objects of this incorporation shall be to advance andi proves Inet eo ae County lowa, the science and art of agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry. Article 2. The name of this incorporation shall be The Farm Improvement Association of............2222200-0.0..-- County, Iowa. (Inserting the name of the county of which the incorporators are residents.) Article 8. The affairs of this incorporation shall be conducted by a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall perform the duties usually pertaining to such positions, and by a board of directors of nine members, all of which officers and direc- tors shall be elected by the members ‘of said incorporation at an an- nual meeting on the first Monday of January of each year. Not more than two directors shall be residents of the same township, when elected. All officers and directors shall hold their positions for one year and until their successors are elected. Whe the said incorpora- tors, have elected the following provisicnal officers to hold their re- spective positions until their successors are elected at the annual meeting in the year: \ Presidents. ter sees ome eae 5 eee mae sem ee : Vice-President. neo Abo Oo Soa : Secreta cyst Wise" 2 re SCRA roe He Do ee Oe : PreaSsU ret {ie eee cer oa ne ere 6 ae ee Board of Directors To ee ee Ha SY LI wT gc it se or dat prey Ae el Be ee Dc SP I ie SN tas SN 9 Baa Sy pe es 9. ae ee er i Article 4. The yearly dues of the members of this incorporation shall be one dollar, payable at the time of applying for membership: and on the first Monday in January of each year thereafter. No member having ence paid dues, shall forfeit his membership until his or her subsequent dues are six months in arrears. Article 5. Any citizen of the county and any non-resident own- ing land in the county shall have the right to become a member of the incorporation by paying one year’s dues and thereafter complying with the articles of incorporation and by-laws. Article 6. This incorporation shall endure until terminated by operation of law. 90 SEC. 4. PRIVATE PROPERTY EXEMPT—SEAL. Suck. body corporate may sue and be sued but the private property of the mem- _bers shall be exempt from corporate debts. It may have a seal which it may alter at pleasure. SEC. 5. BY-LAWS—POWERS—EMPLOY EXPERTS—DUES —HOW EXPENDED. Such body corporate may, in such manner as it may see fit, adopt by-laws; shall have power to take by gift, pur- chase devise or bequest real and personal property for purposes ap- propriate to its creation; may employ cone or more experts or advisors to advance and improve agriculture, horticulture and animal husban- dry in said county, provided that the president of the Iowa state col- lege of agriculture and mechanic arts certifies to the qualifications and fitness of such person to give expert instructions or advice in said sciences. Such body corporate shall have and exercise all powers necessary, appropriate and convenient for the successful carrying out of the objects of said incorporation. The said association shall have authority to use part or all of the sum annually received as dues from its members in the payment of prizes offered in any department of its work including agriculture fairs, short courses or farmer’s in-+ stitutes. SEC. 6. ARTICLES RECORDED. The articles of incorpora- a8 Shall be recorded by the recorder of deeds without fee of any ind. SEC. 7. WITHOUT COMPENSATION. No salary or compen- sation of any kind shall be paid to the president, vice-president, treas- urer or to any director. SEC. 8. NO DIVIDENDS. No dividend shall ever be declared by this incorporation. Any diversion of the funds or property of such incorporation to any purpose except the purposes of incorporation shall constitute larceny and be punished accordingly. SEC. 9. TREASURER—BOND—AMOUNT. The treasurer shall give bond, the amount to be fixed by the board of directors in double the amount of money likely to come into his hands with sure- ties. Said bond shall be filed with and approved by the county audi- tor and recorded without fee. In no case shall the bond of the treas- urer be less than five. thousand dollars. SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT. The outgoing president and treasurer shall, on the first Monday of January of each year, file with the county auditor full and detailed reports under oath of. all receipts and expenditures of said incorporation, showing from whom received and to whom paid and for what purpose. A duplicate of said report shall also be laid before the members at the annual meeting. The books papers and records of said incorporation shall at all times be’ open to the inspection of the board of supervisors and to any one appointed by them to make examination. SEC. 11. TAX LEVY—SUBMITTED TO VOTERS—SEPA- RATE BALLOT—FORM. Whenever the articles of incorporation are filed as herein provided and the president and secretary certifies to the board of supervisors that the incorporation of said association has been effected, the said board shall at the next regular election in said county submit to the voters of said county the question whether a yearly tax of not to exceed five thousand dollars shall be thereafter levied for the purpose of improving and advancing the science and art of agriculture, animal husbandry and horticulture. Said ques- tion shall be submitted on a separate ballot and substantially in the following form: “Shall a yearly tax of not to exceed five thousand El dollars be hereafter levied for the purpose of im- |-------- YES. proving and advancing the science and art of agri culture, animal husbandry and horticulture.” Jj........... no] 91 The voter shall signify his vote on said proposition by placing a cross in the square opposite the word “yes or “no.’ SEC. 12. VOTE—HOW CANVASSED—LEVY—AMOUNT. The vote on said proposition shall be canvassed and returns made thereof as in other cases and if a majority of the votes are in favor of said proposition the board of supervisors shall prior to the first day of January following said election, set aside, out of the general county fund, the sum of five thousand dollars less any sum advanced to said association by the government of the United States in aid of its ob- jects. Said sum so set aside shall be paid to the treasurer of said association who shall be liable on his bond for the proper distribu- tion thereof. If a majority of the votes be in favor of said proposi- tion, the board of supervisors shall annually thereafter, and at the time of levying taxes generally levy on all the property of the coun- ty a tax of five thousand dollars, less any amount advanced to said association, by the government of the United States in aid of its ob- jects and at the first general levy of taxes following the advance of funds herein provided, levy an additional tax sufficient to reimburse said county for the funds so advanced. SEC. 183. FUNDS—HOW EXPENDED. The treasurer of said incorporation shall receive all funds belonging to said incorporation and all taxes collected as herein provided and shall pay out the same only on bills allowed by the board of directors, such allowance to be certified to by the president or secretary. SEC. 14. FALSE CERTIFICATE—PENALTY. Any officer making a certificate as provided herein, knowing the same to be false or incorrect in any particular shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly. SEC. 15. MISUSE OF FUNDS—PENALTY. Any treasurer of such association who in any manner converts the funds or property of such association to his own use or pays out or disposes of the same in any manner different than as directed herein, shall be con- sidered guilty of larceny and punished accordingly. SEC. 16. AMOUNT ADVANCED BY GOVERNMENT. The president and secretary of said assoication shall prior to the time of making any levy or advancing any funds, as herein provided, cer- tify to the board of supervisors the amount if any, advanced to said association by the government of the United States for the ensuing year in aid of its objects. SEC. 17. AFTER FIVE YEARS MAY BE DISCONTINUED— HOW. After five successive levies have baen made hereunder, any one hundred resident land ownrs of the county may petition the board of supervisors to submit to the voters of the county the question of dis- continuing the levy herein provided for and upon said petition being found sufficient the said board shall, at the next general election sub- mit, on separate ballot, to the voters, the question whether said levy shall be discontinued. If a majority of the votes be in favor of dis-~ continuing said levy then no farther levies shall be made. Dairy and Beef Cattle Industry SECTION 1. IOWA STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATION. When- ever the organization now existing in the state of Iowa and known as the Iowa State Dairy Association shall have filed with the secre- tary of the state of Iowa, verified proofs of its organization, the names of its president, vice-president secretary and treasurer and that it has five hundred (500) bona fide members, such association shall be recognized at the Iowa state dairy association of the state of Iowa, and be entitled to the benefits of this act. SEC. 2. INSPECTION—INSTRUCTION. For the purpose of aiding in the promotion and development of the dairy industry of the 92 il ale ? dean state of Iowa such association shall cause to be made such inspeetion: of dairy farms, dairy cattle, dairy barns and other buildings and ap- pliances used in connection therewith, dairy projucts and metheds as- they shall deem best and shall arrange to furnish such instruction and: - general assistance either by institutes or otherwise, as they deem» proper to advance the general interests of the dairy industry: of the state. " SEC. 3. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. For all the purposes- of this act the said association shall act by and through an executive: commiitee of five (5 )members, consisting of the president and see— retary of the Iowa state dairy association, the dean of the divisiors of: agriculture of the lowa state college of agriculture and mechanic arts. _ and the professor of dairying of the same institution and the dairg- and food commissioner of the state of Iowa. SEC. 4. INSPECTORS AND INSTRUCTORS—COMPENSA- TION—EXPENSES. They may employ two or more competent per-- sons who shall devote their entire time to such inspection and m- struction under the direction of the said executive committee, and whe shall hold office at the pleasure of the committee, and who shal each receive a salary not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars ($1800.00}. per annum, and actual expenses while engaged in such work. SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR. The Said association may require such reports from their employes as they deem proper and shall make to the governor an annual report of their proceedings under this act, which report shall be published. as part of the proceedings of the annual convention of the lowa state dairy association. ae SEC. 6. BEEF CATTLE BREEDER’S ASSOCIATION, When- ever there shall have been filed in the office of the secretary of state for Iowa, verified proofs of the organization of the beef cattle breed+ er’s association, together with proofs that such association has five: hundred (500) bona fide members who are stock breeders or stork feeders in this state together with the names of the president, vice— president, secretary and treasurer, such association shall be recogniz- ed as the Iowa beef cattle breeders association and be entitled te the benefits of this act. SEC. 7. -INSTRUCTION—INSPECTION—EXECUTIVE. BOARD. It shall be the duty of the beef cattle breeders associatiom: to aid in the promotion of the beef cattle industry of the state and te provide for practical and scientific instruction in the breeding an&: raising of beef cattle and to provid: for the inspection of herds, prem— ises and appliances, methods and food stuffs used in the business of feed—- ing, for the purpose of making suggestions and demonstrations berefi- cial to the business. The said association shall act by and througie an executive board to be composed of the dean of the division of age riculture of the Iowa state college of agriculture and mechanic arts: at Ames and the professor of animal industry of the same institution,. and the secretary of the state agricultural society, and the president: and secretary of the said Iowa beef cattle breeder’s association. SEC. 8. INSPECTORS AND INSTRUCTORS—COMPENSA~ TION—EXPENSES. The said board may employ two or more com- petent persons who shall devote their entire time in making inspee- tion and giving instructions as provided in this act under the di- rection of said board. Such instructors and inspectors shall hold office at the pleasure of the board and shall receive a salary not te exceed eighteen hundred dollars ($1800.00) per annum and actual ex- penses while engaged in the work. SEC. 9. SALARIES AND EXPENSES—HOW PAID. The salaries of all persons employed under the provisions of this act sha be paid monthly out of the appropriation herein provided and al} traveling expenses and all general expenses incurred by the said as- 93 sociation in carrying out the purposes of this act shall be paid out of the said appropriation and in the manner provided by sections 170-d -and 170-e and 170-f of the supplement to the code, 1907, and upon = statements filed with the executive council as therein provided, but no -bill shall be paid until after the executive committee of the board =under whose authority such expense was incurred shall have audited and apvroved the bill in such manner as the committee shall provide. SHC. 10. APPROPRIATION. For the purpose of carrying into «effect the provisions of this act and the payment of all expenses con- cota therewith, there is hereby appropriated out of any fund in the > Streasury of the ‘state not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) or so much thereof as may be necessary “to pay the salaries and expense provided for under the provisions of “this act provided however, that of the said appropriation, the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars, shall be available for sthe purpose of paying the expense incurred by the Iowa state dairy “association board, and the sum of seven thousand five hundred ($7 - ~)00.00) dollars shall be available for the purpose of paying the ex- ~penses incurred by the Iowa beef cattle breeder’s association board. It being the purpose of this act to provide a fund of seven thousand five hundred ($7,500.00) dollars for the encouragement of the dairy “industry and a sum of seven thousand five hunired ($7,500.00) dol- Jars for the encouragement of the beef cattle industry in this state. SEC. 11. FUNDS NOT TO BE USED FOR PRIVATE PUR- POSES. None of the money appropriated by this act shall be used to “pay the salaries or exgense or used in any manner for the private oenefit of any member of the board of either of said associations. Registration of Farm Names SECTION 1. REGISTRATION OF FARM NAME AUTHOR- “IZED—CERTIFICATE. Any owner of a farm in the state of Iowa may have the name of his farm together with a description of ‘his lands to which said name applies, recorded in a register kept for ‘that purpose in the office of the county recorder of the county in “which said farm is located and such recorder shall furnish to such -dJand owner a proper certificate setting forth said name and a des- cription of such lands. That when any name shall have been re- ecorded as the name of any farm in such county, such name shall not -®e recorded as the name of any other farm in the same county. SEC. 2. FRE. Any person haying the name of his farm re- “corded as provided in this act shall first pay to the county recorder “a fee of one dollar, ‘which fee shall be paid to the county treasurer as other fees are paid to the county treasurer by such recorder. : SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF FARM MAY INCLUDE REGIS- “TERED NAME. When any owner of a farm, the name of which “thas been recorded as provided in this act, transfers by deed or oth- ““erwise, the whole of such farm such transfer may include the reg- “istered name thereof; but if the owner shall transfer only a portion of such farm, then in that event, the registered name thereof shall not be transferred to the purchaser unless so stated in the deed of “conveyance. SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF REGISTERED NAME— “FEE. When any owner of a registered farm desires to cancel the registered name ‘hereof he shall state on the margin of the record of the register of such name the following: “This name is cancelled and I hereby release all rights thereunder ”’ which shall be signed by the person cancelling such name and attested) by the county re- -eorder. That for such latter service the county recorder shall charge -a fee of twenty-five cents, which shall be paid to the county treas- surer as other fees are paid to the county treasurer by him. es UNITED STATES LAWS AND SANI- “TARY REGULATIONS REGULATIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Governing the Inspection, Disinfection, Certification Treatment, . Handling, and Method and Manner of Delivery and Shipment of Live Stock which is the Subject of Interstate Commerce. GENERAL REGULATIONS. Regulation 1. When the secretary of agriculture shall determine~ the fact that cattle or other live stock in the state or territory or the - District of Columbia are affected with any contagious, infectious, or - communicable disease, notice will be given of that fact. A. rule will be issued placing in quarantine all or a_ portiom Or ime “state or territory or -the District of .Columbia in which the disease exists, and this rule will either absolutely forbid the movement of live stock from the quarantined area or will indicate. the regulations under which live stock may be moved therefrom. Regulation 2. Before ofering cattle or other live stock for trans— portation, or transporting them, or introducing them into any public stock yards or upon public highways or lines of interstate traffic alk: persons or corporations owning, managing, or transporting cattle or~ other live stock are required to exercise reasonable diligence to ascer-~ tain that such animals are not affected with any contagious or infec-- tious disease and have not been exposed to the contagion or infec-- tion of disease by contact with other animals so diseased or by loca— tion in or upon pens, premises cars or others vehicles contaminated by diseased animals. All persons having charge of diseased or ex— posed cattle or other live stock are required to keep them confined and to permit no other animals to come in contact with them. Premises:. “or vehicles which have contained diseased or exposed cattle or other live stock shall not be occupied by healthy animals until the said premises or vehicles shall have been disinfected as hereinafter pro-- vided. Regulation 3. Cars, boats, and other vehicles that have been used for the interstate transportation of diseased or exposed cattle or other-- live stock shall be cleaned and disinfected as hereinafter provided,. If the facilities for cleaning and disinfecting cars cannot be provided at the point of destination, the railroad company shall seal, bill, and forward the infected cars to a point to be agreed upon between an agent of the company and a representative of the bureau of animal indvstry and shall there clean ani disinfect the said cars in the pres— ence of an employe of the bureau of animal industry. Regulation 4. Cars, boats, and other vehicles intended for use in interstate transportation of healthy and non-exposed cattle or other live stock within or from a quarantined area, shall be cleaned and dis-- infected as hereinafter provided ur'ess it shall be shown to the satis- faction of the inspector of the bureau of animal industry either that. said cars have been cleaned and disinfected according to regulation 3,, and have not carried or contained animals since that cleaning and disinfection, or that the cars have never been used for the transpor- portation of diseased or exposed animals. Regulation 5. Public stock yards, feeding stations and approach- es chutes, alleys and pens thereof, which have contained diseased or exposed ‘animals, shall, before healthy or non-exposed animals are= ~ : 3 95 walaced therein, be cleaned and disinfected as hereinafter provided. #Failure to clean and disinfect will subject the said places to quaran- Regulation 6. When, in the opinion of the secretary of agriculture, ‘the shipment or removal of hay straw, forage, or similar material -€17m a quarantined area is liable to spread the contagion or infection «of any disease affecting live stock, said shipment or removal will either 4. absolutely prohibited or permitted under restrictions which will Moe mdicated in each particular case. Regulation 7. When deemed necessary, shipments of live stock _amd.of the articles named in regulation 6 will be stopped in transit, fer Inspection and disposition and all persons and corporations hay- amg centro] of the transportation of such live stock or articles shall ease the carriage or transit of the same upon receipt of an order rom an inspector of the bureau of animal industry, shall submit the ice stock to inspection, and shall disinfect the said articles if re- Regulation 8. Where, in order to prevent the spread of a disease at becomes necessary to slaughter any diseased or exposed live stock, fhe value of the live stock shall be ascertained and compensation made @ieerefor, either by agreement with the owner or by appraisement in! “the manner provided by the law of the state or territory wherein the <@wzer of the live stock has his legal residence. Begulation 9. Where inspection and certification are required Wy fhe regulations of the secretary of agriculture, inspection and cer- ifieation by an inspector of the bureau of animal industry are meant - that the Live Stock Contract (original and duplicate) is properly filled in and executed in ink, and that the parties in charge of or at—. tending the Live Stock and entitled to free transportation, sigm their name in the space provided on the back of the contract under the-. heading “Release for man or men in charge.” Agent should draw his: pen through any such spaces as are not used, and stamp the contract in the space provided therefor. (j) If party returning is entitled to free transportation, as provided in rules shown herein, and surrenders stock contract before - its expiration issue a return steck ticket (Form L-15). (k) The agent at destination to whom an original Live Stock— Contract is presented with request for return transportation, must. re-—- quire the parties to sign their names on the back of the contract—. under the heading, “Receipt for the return transportation,” ete: He-- must then inspect it carefully, compare the signatures with those: - under the heading, “Release for man or men in charge,” and satisfy - himself that they are identical before issuing stock tickets. In case- the Live Stock attendants entitled to return transportation in con—. nection with any single contract do not wish to return at the same - time, the agent will take up the original contract when presented by ~ the party desiring to return first, and will hold it until the others call for their return transportation; it being understood that the limit, 20 or 60 days, as authorized, shall not be exceeded. As soon as all the return transportation has been issued the Agent will for-— ward the original Stock Contract to the Auditor, together with the= report of the stock tickets issued thereon. Agents failing to comply:~ with this clause will be charged with the ticket at full tariff rates. (1) Persons in charge of Live Stock will be carried only uper= 113 “the same train in which Live Stock is forwarded. Return transpor- “tation will be good on passenger trains. (m) Transportation will be furnished only to owners, shippers -or men actually in their employ who have accompanied the shipments to destination. Agents will be careful to see that merchants or “traveling men who have no interest in the stock, and who would “otherwise pay their fare, are not passed on account of stock ship- aments. Agents must see that this rule is observed. (n) The above rules will apply on shipments from one con- “miles $1.00 additional (See eatin below.) 15 DESCRIPTION—Series 5001 to 5021 (Lengthwise Stalled). Com- “bination Horse and Carriage Cars—16 Horses—44 feet in length; 16 portable stalls; water tanks; feed boxes. These cars, except Nos. 5001 ‘to 5008, inclusive have doors 8 feet wide, admitting vehicles on their wheels. Also speciaily suitable for shipping race horses. Equipped “for passenger and freight train service. 100 miles or less, continuous trip $10.00 101 miles to 400 miles continuous trip $16.00 401 miles or over continuous trip four cents per mile, loaded distance, DESCRIPTION—Series 6001 to 6850 (Lengthwise Stalled). For- -merly known as Burton Perfected Cars.—l16 Horses—44 feet in length; 16 adjustable stalis; water tank; feed trough. Especially designed for shipping race horses. Equipped for passenger and “freight train service. 100 miles or less continuous trip $10.00 101 miles to 400 miles continuous trip 16.00 A401 miles or over continuous trip four cents per mile loaded dis- ‘tance, with a cents per mile, loaded distance. (a) Rental charge must be collected or billed as advanced «charges at loading station for the entire trip, i. e. through to final «destination. (b) Where cars of the description ordered are not available, Arms Palace Horse Car Co. reserves the right, with shippers’ con- ‘sent, to substitute cars, taking a higher rate and ens the lower sxate applicable to the kind of car ordered. RENTAL CHARGE FOR USE OF KEYSTONE PALACEH HORSE CARS—(Owned and operated by Arms Palace Horse Car Co.) Cars, length inside, 48 feet; 18 diagonal stalls, with room in acenter aisle for one or two assis” animals. 100 miles or less, continuous trip, $10.00. 101 to 300 miles continuous trip, $12.00. 301 to 500 miles, continuous trip, $15.00. 501 miles or over, continuous trip, three cents per mile aces distance. Rental charge is in addition to regular freight rate. RENTAL CHARGE FOR USE OF DOUD PALACE HORSE *“CARS—On Doud cars, Series 500 to 599, inclusive, when loaded with ‘horses and mules, one cent per car per mile, minimum charge $5.00 “per car and which is in addition to the regular freight rate. When the above numbered cars are loaded with cattle, sheep, or hogs no rental charge will be made. On other Doud cars (not numbered as above) no rental charge will be made when loaded with any kind of dive stock. RENTAL CHARGE FOR USE OF MATHER PALACE HORSE CARS—Mather Horse Cars Nes. 7501 to 1908 (inclusive) Traek—Privates{.2....5. 2. 16 Speed of Live Stock Shipments.... 19 Stock Not to be in Cars Over 36 PTOTIT Ste oe oe ee a NA Stock Yards. (Destination) Laws STATUTE LAWS. Page BRANDS: Altering Brand or Har-Mark...... 51 Branding Stock, Fees..:................... 48 Butcher to Record Marks and Brands, Exhibit Hides, and Keep for Three Days................. 50 Filed With Secretary of State... 48 Herd Brought in for Grazing (Distinguishing Brands)............ 49 Hides, Keep Record of Brands, JET a A oe a ne 5 Must Not be Duplicated................ 48 Prim-s-facie Evidence of Owner- Wmenred for PRECOMrG:.-..2.2 cess ss 48 ship, (Penalty for Violation)... 50 Record: show Kept 2.0 2s 0k 45 Recovered After Five Years......... 48 CSS CC ee eee ee a HE 49 Rights of Owners Not Impaired 50 Two Similar, Last One Ilegal.... 49 CRIMINAL LAWS (ANIMALS): Abandoning Sick or Disabled An TRIS YO ue UN 8 Ok Ty eee a er 59 Abusing or Overworking An- ARIES cis Ae ae aio Beno ean MERE le eneeale 58 Rete ee teen en eta ls 58 Arrest of Persons for Cruelty to 58 Breaking Open or _ Injuring we TRCN 5 SEN at sO a a ee 59 Bull-baiting and Torture of An- TOV a pie = eerie 59 Cruel Treatment or Exposure of Womestie Animals... a.s sks 58 Cruelty to: Animals)... .2..12c.ce.s- 58 False Stock Pedigree...................... 59 Hog Stealing............ ENON Sth 57 EEOUSe mye aC I ee en esac 59 Horse Stealing, Buying or Con- AT ee ec seen Ee ee 57 Killing or Injuring Animals.......... 57 Mutilation of Horses..................------ 57 Poisoning Animals With Intent to Injure or Destrov...............--.-- 58 Stealing and Receiving Stolen (Cy a IG iy Bo pee Cr ont ee ee Soe meee 57 Taking Horse or Mule Without OO eS ar el 57 Dogs—Damage by Dogs, Persons Joint'vy and Severaly Liable, Reichs tO Fell DOR S222 hoon sees eee = 45 NISEASED CATTLE. Disessed Animals Not to Come in Contact With Others.............. 46 123 Gov Grainne 2 one k i. BAe a 19 Thirty-six Hours Release................ 19 Transportation for Stockmen.......... 18 YARDS: eee) NU C0 re Wo Lillie AC Ray ee Ben aN Ae Ug 15 TAI ae ee a eee ae ee 15 FE Sita Dlis inn oue ead ee ease eee 15 Page Diseased Cattle Not to Run at aie Cre cers ee Ce ae eee Re ee 46 Pe a2 | wy ts) arse el IRS i ae eee a 46 Horr Cholera. suk oe ei ee 46 Careasses’ Not: Sold. t=. 46 Justice of the Peace May Im- pound Diseased Cattle, etc........ 46 Selling or Allowing Diseased An- imals to Run at Large.....00000...... 46 ISTRAYS AND STOCK RUNNING AT LARGE: Appraisers’ FeeS...0...2.2 2. ceteceecoeeeeceee 36 Arbitration in Case of Disagree- AG GIES 0] Wa eaN AL i Ze eaten ne ee 35 Arbitrators to Assess Damages Caused by HStrayS...000........-e cee Award of Arbitrators...................... 33 Description and Publication of Stock: Laken sip see eee 34 Damages, How Assessed................ 34 Damages, Notice to Owner of— orm: Of-2NO CGS. oes, ee a Damage cn Enclosed Land.......... 34 Damazes to Cultivated Land........ 32 Failure of Owner to Pay Dam- BEC Seeile sai he Bn ee 32 Selling of Male by Taker-up........ 36 Keeping of Live Stock, Allow- ANCE TOs 2s eee ee Ss ea a 64 Liens for Keeping, Foreclosed, Ath GaNatS: eG ae tee ees ere 63 Taimatation -Of uaiwe ies es 34 Liability of Person Growing Crop on Uninclosed Land.......... 34 - Lien, Subiect to, for Damage.... 33 Lands, Cultivated, Defined............ 33 Liens on Live Stock—Miscella- AEN ONO hsieaft eae at ele Se ry Aen alee ee 63 Must Bring Two-thirds of Ap- Praised. Valve... 36 Owner May Reclaim Before Sate 35 Penalty for Violation Of................ 36 CORO Re Sa CN eee ese ee epee 36 PTOCCCUS OF | SACs ii aioe cece nenees 36 Published Five Weeks for Three WOW S ee eee eens eter 35D Remedy in Court Action.....-......... 35 Sheep and Swine Nof*to Run at PUTO ee ae eee 33 Stock Not to Run at Large at ws INGE se a ae ee a eee 33 Taker-up Net Liable for Loss _ Dy 2Dea tite ee 37 STOCK YARDS SADDLERY CO. | J. G. BLESSING, Proprietor WHOLESALE AND RETAIL HAND MADE HARNESS AND SADDLES FLY NETS, LAP ROBES AND FLY COVERS No establishment on earth carries a better variety of horse furnishing goods Cheapest on Earth, 314 North 25th Street Quality Considered. South Omaha, Neb. Howard R. Cronk OPTOMETRIST and OPTICIAN The Motorcycle Man pe eae dela AND YALE MOTORCYCLES icycles, accessories and all 1611 Farnam St. OMAHA kinds of repairing 2703 Leavenworth St. Omaha. Stockmen’s | -\| Claim Association <« WV AN \\ yy 1 < WB \ * ars gl a We Respectfully R. S. Motorcycle Co. Solicit Your Business W. E. DEWEY, Mor. : | Write for free catalogue, agents wanted 4624 Gap. Ave. aoe ish s, | Be Bldg. Omaha, Neb. Omaha, Neb. Kansas City, Mo. Phone: Red 5788 Huropean - Plan. All Outside Rooms. New Grand Hotel Modern in Every Respect, Steam Heat Baths, Hot & cold water, electric lizht. | Moderate Prices. Special rates by Week or Month H. SCHOENWALD, Mer. 520-24 So. 13th Street. N. W. Cor. 18th and Jackson. 4 STAMMER ?} — re eve Ee -VAU WRITE _-RAMGE BLDG. OMAHA _ INDEX —Continued Page Page> - 2 ae -up Pays Fees and Chareg- QUARANTINE AND SANITARY’: cial Oi As 10 OLS ea an ge ad Rg 36 LAWS (PENALTIES FOR NON— “Bender, p oreet Of by Ove ee 34 OBSERVANCE): alue of Trouble an xpense Ny by Appraisers Estimated............ 36 oe ee vee Damage Ate ear ee to be Taken Up as . Allowing . Diseased Animals to Ses SL eta eg a TESTO asc es RN a age Me oP a 4h pyre ber ab, Becomes Own- 2: Allowing to Run, or Selling of When Hstrays Become Property Diseased AMIMAIS cna 10 of Taker-up feet teh a etn ee eee eee 35 pe eeeot an see Owner Must 4k FENCES: How. eimtorced= ee ti ae Casual Destruction of Fence........ 61 Geer pie a ode Seatiials’ nto AR Injuring Fences, Gates, etc....:..... 62 ie GE Be Fi Tae ages TE) Bs Warwiiiuemence. 202 we a, 60 Be vee or Bringing Into 40: ISIC OIG OS rect cao 6 ese ees eae 60 : ERS c= So Ge Same Ege s WE Saceip cat eo Partition and Division Fences..... 60 MOH EE ec ee ee 42" Railroad Fences, Notice to Carcass of Diseased Hog e 42 ane ae ee EE ee Be Using or Allowing Glandered SUT IE, TEN ore a ae Horses top mun 0. pe os 40>. Removal of Division Fence............ 61 : Damages for Driving off Cattle Pacholony Mannan Depactens ioe ee aera naa Nara 31 of. Appropriations for.................. AT weralty; aEVIC) OF NOUner. 30 Receipts from Sale of Serum........ 47. Drover Cattle, Who Deemed...... 29 i paki Me wuiaevire Of ] Drover, — to Protect Settler ie ~ Hoo Deo ner ea Ci re te BEARTGNGAT AN) 8 CONG tg ease occas a catacevene : SSN EN ea ns ose a Ownership of Cattle, Evidence | eee Oe i eee mre ere 1 80 a eT: OF. VAMCe..--- aa e Penalty for Allowing Male An- Vacancy, How Filled... 422, IMaietoriun at WMaree....1-..-.--...--- a SHIPPING LAWS: . (DAUR Bie eit. EA ae eee 0 : ue dees Penalty for failure to separate Cae ea eee not eS Rounding up Cattle." 29 «© Caboose, Duty to Furnish 07 25 Stock Grower, who Deemed......... 29 Le aS ee ke Cleaned ae po es ses oeteerela INSPECTOR OF STOCK: isease, Spread of, How to Pre- 43 = vent Among Sheep. ae eb aeiee 45 Fe ORE ee i rae eae a Diseased Sheep, Bringing Into _ Certificate of Inspection............... 27- Beiashi mom Another State 48 Utes Of ai ee BE ‘Inspected Flocks, Powers and Rb cesmEReienee (ooo We aS ae Bio a Maat for! Stock Mnjurede se 28 OSES ESS EON CaS) Dia Liability for Violation Shipping : Duties on Inspection of.............. 44 hanes 2R% Inspector, Fees Of... 44 Open, Market. 1 800 8 oe a 44 Penalties for Vio’ation of Ship- _- Dim a Oro inoye) nivale et Eee es aoe ene 43 Dine Aceves Cee et . Oe. Questions Asked by Inspector...... 43 Pens, Hearing of Petition to Se- Record of Inspection.....................-- 43 Fe ies aa ea Te lee Wc ae aa When Made... eee 43 Pens, Private, How to Secure.... 2&7 LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOND: IES ENGINE SIO UNE eit aE Petition for Inspector of Stock.... 2 Animals Examined and eae Shipments, Speed of Live Stock. Qh: = DT AIS CO nanan anna cee sane ceecee eens cee cee ened 40 Shippers? Duty otek Ve PE Duties of Deputy... 39 Yards and Pens (Shipping).......... 24;°. Duty of Public. eee 39 Penalties for not Providing.......... 24 4 SOUIVES ae OWCTES ow ieee ree ccc tena solewccaee: 38 te Pers eney. CASES eek ss STALLIONS: = DIM P1OVES. ....------co-nn-nneeeneeeneec tenner Advertisements. .....0.2.--2-------c-cceee-eoee 5 Offices, Ru'es, Compositions, ete 3% Record of Certificate...................... 5B. Right of Examination—Arrests.. 39 Certificate, PASTE ATS fee eee oe ie Veterinarian... eee eeeeee 3 Animals—Removal of Same.......... bat: Name of Ranch or Home, Regis- Certificate of Registration, How ELE ES CLE See eee ee a 64 ae Oe tes og eet aie, See oe A 3 f Wertiiiea Cena O Tes ee eno eeee B PITFALLS AND OLD WELLS: Certificates Heretofore Issued, : PVRS tim Gre HMC: 2 ese eee 37 vepeallis sMOrmiste2-oce 2st. 5&.> Notice Given to Ownev..................-. 37 Duration of Lien for Service...... BE:. Penalty for Violation.................2.... 37 1 YES iy eae A a er SI ak ae am 5B: Road Overseer to See Same are Foreclosure Of Li@neccceccsscceceecceceee---- 52" LEM UCYO lee OA Eee Cos UR a a 37 IMDUAGIS, IJSIONY UGG O Le ee = OED: 125 Buy direct from the manufacturer and save middleman’s profit | Omaha Pillow Company Manufacturers of Pillows, Mattresses and Box Springs made to order Importers and Dealers in FEATHERS AND DOWN OF ALL GRADES Have Your Ojd Feather Beds Made Up Into Summer and Winter Side Mattresses - Telephone and Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention Telephone Doug. 2467. 1721 Cuming St., Omaha Lands and Investments EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE Rif To get Rich is to he Influential To Get Rich You Must Save and Invest One good investment is often worth a lifetime’s labor. I make a specialty of selling and exchanging lands and ranches. I have one investment whereby I guarantee 25% income each year, and do not ask for one cent until you have investigated, and satisfied it is as represented. I have a large list of improved farms and ranches to select from. Some ranches with a nice bunch of cattle, have 4 two ranches with 500 acres of alfalfa on each one, that are bar- | gains. Write A. C. JEWELL, “The Land Man” | 220 Board of Trade Omaha, Nebraska _ INDEX—Continued Page WEN pLOE SERVICE. eee Oe 51 List of Animals Served.................. 51 Qualifications, Certificate Posted 55 Page State Railway, Commission, Con- POT] re ah IG (a eC ee ee Cm LL 63 = Unload in Two Hours, Penalty.... 63 ARIS RNS AG OD Neat et eee, aa 5 a ea 645 Stock in Charge of Agent............ 64. Transportation, Cruel or Inhu- many Of AtMmals = <2. Sea 64. Veterinarian (State) (See Live Stock. Sanitary Board.) INDEX TOLOWA LAWS. Registrations of Stallions and IBY CSS pk Re IAIN CIEE ON a ge 52 Violations of Act, Penalties......... 56 STOCK YARDS: IDYevanandeopaterayg Abs) a0 hsheweeee pes eee eee 62 Record of Stock Hauled................ 3 Scales and Yards, Furnish............ 63 Page Association for Promotion of Live SiCoe hs: MNGUStRY 2-2 ees nS 90 Commission of Animal Health........ 89 CRIMINAL—ANIMALS: Diseased Horses, Mules, etc., TESTS a iresrt gk ab Ga ee RO 17 Allowing Diseased Horses, Mules, etc., to Run at Large.... 77 Swine Dying From Disease.......... 77 Must not Sell Animal Dying Om IDWISCAS Cen ee. {thi Cannot Convey Along Highway Carcass of Diseased Hoe............ CE Diseased Hogs—Permitting to DAG VIL ee eee Cie Bringing Diseased Cattle Into SILEB LS ECS 1 tl ae Sa are eae flee Damaged Caused by Bringing Diseased Stock in State.............. 73 Cruelty stOmAMiIMalS =). x 22.:222.4.--cce0- 76 Railways, When Trarsporting...... 76 Damage to Fence, Produce or APUNGUDINTG Stee tee ego ee 76 MPUGIESi to, BWeasts...9 occ cee 7d Importing Animals Without Food Gyavel Vues eek eee Ree a ee ee ene 76 ADUS CUO TN ES ss COCK cess oe obese. ceeccence 76 Wrivines Away StOck..2:5.2.<...-.-.-.c-. 76 Racing or Fast Driving on High- SVE SP op IN AS a I SS ee ae S7 Dairy and Beef Cattle Industry.... 92 Diseased Animals Killed.................... 75 Toogs (Sheep Killing Dogs).............. 75 ESTRAYS: Abandoned Animals..............-..------- 7d Bondto Release. :.2.2.<-cc--<.c.----2ce-ossee 7 Fees and Hxpenses...........--..-2-----.---- 73 Mingernr Note Wipe...) ee ee 74 Food and Water Supplied.............. 75 Markseand) Brands... ._..--.22228-1.<----- 74 Marks Previously Recorded.......... 75 INO HIGe TeOSteds 6-2. de aS 73 Penalty Against Finder.................. 74 Penaltv Against Officer...........--..--- 74 Property Vests, When..............---..- 73 T2Th i] ASUS Galop 0 Vy ee ge 73 ES OT Cee ee ets ee ee 74 Recovery by OwneV............-.------------ 74 Waking wp, Stray si 5 oles: 73 Wse> or Appropriation:....---<-.-- 74 Wetliues recorded. 2.2... 2 wesc Kc FENCES: Appeal From Decision of Fence NEARER SN OLS see eI te ee Assignments of Portions.............--- 84 Cattle Guards—Crossings—Signs 87 Cattle Ways Across Highways... 87 Application for Cattle Way.......... 87 EGSSEUOTIC OS ee eres Sisco 7 Pages Default — Damages — How Col- CEG EKG Wee EE aS a a Oe ea oid at Sea 84 Division Recorded.............0........-..02- 85 Failure to Fence, Liability for Stock Killed—Speed at Depots 8&. Fence on Another’s Land.............. 85 Fences Reauired on Railroad RIS t= OLS Wa We) ee 8&.° IB{ONiir Je ye Teiniare Ua abee eee oe ee 8a Killing of Stock, Resulting From not’ Fencing Tracks..:........-............ 8&:- Lands in Different Townships.... 85- Lawtul Fence Defined..................... 86. AUN Cpe INCOSEs cee seg ee ea 86 On One Side of Line........................ 86 OrdersS—NoOtiCes ..2- 2c eeecccseeksicceseecee 85 iPartition “Mences= 2.25.2. .s2-5 ce 84: Powers of Fence Viewers..........--.. 8 Private Crossings...............2...-2--+-e--+ SF Record Kept—Fees of Clerk........ 87~ Repairs to Cattle Wavs..........-....-.. 8F- Sermice. Of NOtiCer sae eee 85- Where Stock Restrained............ -.. 8t- HOG < HOLERA—(ERADICATION.-.. OF. Diseased Animals Destroyed— WOMMPEMIS AUTOM Ss ee ects eetccweteee SE Expenses of Quarantine, Con- demnation and Distribution...... 8i° in'ederal InsSpee tiQm 2:2. .2--=--c-r-e--s-e ee Si Penalty for Violation of Quaran- | TCU BS eee gaa SO aa re CRE era 8" Pav ercn GUT Gio) ¢hs imeem ne, eeemea sera Belin per 8Ez Toa CHOLERA SERUM: PRY OY OVO) OY PERI OO essa chee neem ore ere 84> Disposition of Money Eeceived.. 82 > TE Ce yaya NCO) Ue eee ene es 8k Inspection for Future......... Se aa 82> Laboratory Supervision, etc......... st - Penalty for Violation-...........-....------- iS Present Laboratory Discontinued 83 Seizure—lIixamination...............------- See Standard of Potency— Permit ‘* HOM SO lee ae Nee evens ear 82 - Use Limited to Certain Serum.. $5.” Virus, How Seld, by Whom, Vi- __ olation, Punishment.................--.-- 8a: JACKS: Regristration (See Stallions.) Liens of Livery Stable Keepers, Pedigrees (See ‘‘Stallion.’’) REGISTERED PEDIGREED STOCK=- Registration (See ‘‘Stallions.’’) STOCK RUNNING AT LARGE: Apportionment of Damages ......--- TE Don’t Get Discouraged When your young Pigs begin to show signs of loss of appetite | and their ears droop and tail hangs straight down, that’s their way 4 of “WARNING” you that something is wrong and needs help. OUR CRE-O-LONE HOG CHOLERA PREVENTIVE, will give i the required aid. Tones the entire system. The Liver vibrates | with new life. The Blood is cleansed of all impurities and carries renewed health to every vein and nerve and muscle and removes | the constipation, then their trouble is gone. No more attacks until = Improper feeding brings it on again. The discouraging features are gone and it seems worth while. “DON’T FORGET” that it is “CRE-O-LONE” that you want. . Cre-o-lone — \Stock Tonic Co. 509 Pearl Street |Sioux City, - - Jlowa INDEX—Continued h, - Page Assessment, How to Make Ap- ) OCS Rate ey st beri Ca inate Rae ROR Rebs ty 72 Assessment of Damages, Sale...... 72 Distraint Damage Feasant—re- - COMEU ie eR rae 71 Escape or Re'ease—Recapture.... 72 Ma’‘e Animals Running at Large 71 Meaning of Terms........2.................. 70 Punishment for Unlawful Release 3 Recovery of Damages...l..i..0....2..... 71 Restraining Live Stock_-Submis- SIOMsUOs VOLES Sess wet ee 75 What Animals not Permitted to Nein ett, Arai Se 5 a ce es 71 STALLIONS: Blind Stallion or Jack.........22.00.... 67 Certificate of Soundness................ 67 Certificate to be Posted and > Oontained in Advertisements.... 66 DIsGualifications 2. es js eS 65 Enforcement of Lien, Procedure 70 Enrollment—A nnual Certifica- tion of Soundness...............--.......... 65 Importation Prohibited Unless Accompanied by Veterinarian’s Certificate—Violation Punished 67 Imported Stallions or Jacks.......... 66 luiien Upon Progenvy.................--2----- 7 Lien May be Contested.................: LTO) imitation of Wien -...:...2.....122..- 70 Page Oath . of Owe or Keeper or Certificate of .Veterinarian........ 65 Transfer of Certificate—Fee........ 66 Permanent Stock Certificate of Soundness—Feeé..... oo... eeeecsee eee 67 Publishing False Pedigrees, etc., SEAS] 1 Ca) | 1s age tae Ae a et se eae Sy eee 67 VETERINARIAN (STATE. )} Compensation of Assistants. :1..... 79 Compensation of Tnicpeetion Pails: bya WAM OMe: a 80 Compensation of Veterinarian SUrS eon a ee eae 79 Co-operate With United States.. 78 DISEASED STOCK AND QUARAN- TINE. LAWS: Destruction of Stock—Compen - SatOn=— Appeal. <..i8 ee 79 Duties—Deputies..........: See aineer ape Sn ee 18 EXD GNIS @ Sit tes ates ee SUS ee ied os 79 Inspection of Sheep From Out- Side the. Stable... i. 80 Penalty for Interfering with........ 73 FUG OO Yolen 9 eine ea eae 28 78 Sheep Inspection .........0..002..000000000..... 79 State Veterinarian Surgeon Ap- - pointment, Powers, Regulations 73 Treatment of Diseased Sheep...... 79 RAILROAD RU LES AND REGULATIONS. CARS: Prewobigns im CATS, oan ec 119 Calves in Double-deck ete aia A b Cow Ponies—Carloads.........:.........-- eat Heedeun “Stock Cars. ek! 11S Furnishing Cars of Different Size than Ordered 2.6 SS, Male Goats Carloads.::.....0 2.02 sie 112 Hogs in Doubdle-deck Cars—Car- WCITIES Ee ee pee et glia soon a ee ae ‘112 Length of (Gio ig Nai RE a 119 ORWenrinee CATS 2.02 ee eae ed seep 112 NITEM O@ USE os eee es L190 Palace Horse Cars, Description: Rental Charges, ete. (Arms,® Doud, Keystone, Mather, Street)115 Sheep in Double-deck Cars.......... 112 Speen = biered, Cars...) ..2 112 Special or Palace Cars..............:..... HOS See Weighing of Horses and Mules, (OREN COG G IST Solna tet ence eee eu eceaie 115 Westbourd, Stock Cattle, Stock Hogs and Stock Sheep, Poe. d ps eee er can Contracts, Executing PREC istoty Re ct 115 Dipped Sheep, Accepting: Bek ae aE SLs Liability, Limitation iets ye eee 114 Re-consigning Live Stock_....... 114 Shipments Without Caretakers.....114 STOPPING IN TRANSIT: Fattening, Stopping in Transit ot Cattle and Sheep fer. Feed, Rest vor wales Ones Ses ee 117 Range Horses to Put in Condi- tion for Marketing...........0.000.00.0.... 117 To Finish Loading Horses, Mules br. ASSesi See Se et 116 Transportation for Caretakers in Charge of Live Stock.......... Pee 112 WEIGHTS: EES Allowance tor Sill 28 ee 118 Kind of Live Stock, Weight; 7 Rates—MiInIIMW.M1......2-2- 222-0. 12 Minimum Weights on Live Stock Rated in.Cents per 100 - Rated:-in Dellars> per Car, piven StOCke Were Nts es oe ae eee 118 Weights on Live Stock at Kan- SA Oi, SINT Oe ae eee ae 118 UNITED STATES LAWS AND SANITARY REGULATIONS. Acts of Congress under which the reeu'ations are made..............--..---- 106 BRP RO PM IAULON © 42-2225 - onan d Se cate na ep oseten se 94 Farm names, Registrations of........ 94 I'unds not to be used for private PUTPOSES -.......- eet ceteeee ee eeeneeeeceee eee 94 General regulations.................-.---.---.--- 95 Hog cholera and swine plague, regulations to prevent the STD CSE: ICE Se 60) Ce ie ee eps see eae ee 10d Interstate shipment................-.......-.--- 110 Maladie Du Coit, regulations to prevent spreading. ............-............ 104 Name, registered, cancellation of SES (So ina alloca aus th Sh fae Seana Ue Registration of firm: name author- ized, CT Os nse nee ae ote 94 Regulations of the Secretary of PACS eH CUT MNO eee ete Sesser ies eases 95 Frelease, twentv-eight hour............ 110 Seabbies in cattle, regulations to DREVEINts see ee Scabbies in cattle, regulations to DLeVent . SDLeAGd: lee eas 102 129 South Omaha Live Stock Commission Firms Acker, N. E. & Co. Lee Live Stock Com. Co. Benton, VanSant & Lush. Lewis, Frank P. Big 4 Live Stock Commission Co. McCreary & Kellogg. Bliss, Joseph & Son, Co. Martin Bros. & Co. Bliss & Wellman. Melady Commission Co. Bowles Live Stock Com, Co. Missouri & Kansas Calf & Cattle Co. Brainard & Carpenter. Murphy, J. W. Buchanan, Alex G. & Son. National Live Stock Com. Co. Bulla, J. H. & Co. Nye-Schneider-Fowler Co. Burke, Rickley Co. Omaha Live Stock Com Co. Byers Bros. & Co. Perry, W. J. & Co. | Clay, Robinson & Co. Ralston & Fonda. | Clifton Commission Co. Record Live Stock Com. Co. Clow, Byron & Co. Roberts Bros. & Rose. Cox-Jones-Van Alstine Co. Roberts, L. E. & Co. Dennis & Francis. Root, J. B. & Co. Denny, W. F. Rosenbaum Bros. & Co. Donahue, Randall & Co. Rosenstock Bros. & Co. Dudley, Allen & Co. Schwartz & Co. Dworak Commission Co. Smith Bros. Commission Co. Farmers Live Stock Com. Co. Smith, Wm. R., & Son. Frazier-Johnson Co. Snyder- Malone- Coffman Co. Frederick, John T., & Co. Snyder, Son & Co. Garrow Com. Co. Standard L. S. Com. Co.” Great Western Com. Co. Tagg Bros. Hamilton, H. F., & Co. Van Sant, W. B. Co. Harvey, John, Jr, Wertheimer & Degen. Hill & Son. Williams & Sons. Interstate Com. Co. Winn Bros. Jackson-Signall Co. Wood Bros. Knollin Sheep Com. Co. Wood, Geo. M., Sheep Co. 3 Laird, J. N. & Co. Wood-Oswald-Childs Co. Laverty Bros. ° Sioux City Live Stock Commission Firms Babcock & Son. _ Hudson & Greenameyer. Baldwin, Kitselman & Timmer. Hefner Bros. Clay, Robinson & Co. Moss & McGee. Craighead & Co. Rice Bros. . C. Frederickson & Co. Rosenbaum Bros. & Co. Fitzsimmons-Pierce Commission Co.Swanson & Gilmore. Frank E. Scott Commission Co. Sioux City Live Stock Commis. Co. Higgins Sheep Commission Co. Steele, Siman & Co, — Ingwerson Bros. Snyder, Son & Co. Iowa Commission -Co. Ward Commission. Co. Kloek & Vickers. Wiood Bros. & Co. Lee Live Stock Commission Co. Waitt & Lake Commission Co. Long & Hansen. EK. H. Schloeman & Co. (Horse) YARD DEALERS. Anderson, L. M. A. J. Lynch. Birmingham, Grover. Marx & Co. | Birmingham, E. H. Reilly & Sullivan. Carbaugh, D. Rosenstock Bros. - ‘Maurice Degen. W. E. Sheridan, S. Dryfoos & Son. T. J. Steele & Co. J. A. Flanders. C. B. Thorpe. ED. Foster: Throckmorton Bros. L. C,. Hudson. H. E. Waitt. Keenan, W. H. A. S. Wendel. William S: Carson oa : 130 2 ont Re tee ied pte pee Ar ree al We dd Be Bg Eg Mees ; : te * Ne bs, <" 2 Fe pet 2 Ma Ie a \ haha Mr. Stockman In putting out this edition of the ‘‘Stock- men’s Legal Guide” we were prompted by. a two-fold purpose. One was that we felt that it would be a most welcomed addition to your library, placing, as it does, the stock laws in force in your state, at your finger tips. The other was, that we 2 business. ye > rt Wea 2 When you me fxd ‘Bad sell ona close margin it is absolutely essential that yousbe — protected for the careless handling in Shilip- att ment—for by one neglegent act on the part of . a railroad your profits for an entire year may be sent geese es ee = is as “cov co. for you—giving them the careful and prompt — attention to which they are entitled. Stockmer s Claim Association Bee Building ne se | Omaha, Nebraska E —| i - Phone Douglas 1475 /9 000 923 All Modern Conveniences. Rates 50c to $2. 00 nee — Special Weekly eater PS 3D \h, GaSb AMe A The Oxford Hotel — EUROPEAN PLAN Cafe in Connection A. WHITE, 11th and Farnam Sts. ot eee: Proprietor tp ' OMAHA, NEB. 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