, 1884-03-18

"OihSu, W MI SuCu vacancy ana TO per-
form the duties of such foreman until
the said foreman shall appear at his
post and report for duty; and at such
election, the person receiving q ma
jorlty of all the votes cast shall be de-
clared elected; and the person thus
elected shall have like authority and
the same duties as though elected by
said association in the first instance.
SEC. 4. 1t is hereby made the further
duty of said foreman to give a special
heed to the care of all branded neat
cattle, the ownership of which is
unknown, n said foreman shall
brand, or cause to be branded, the
calves of all cows found in such round
up with the same brand that is upon its
mother, provided the ownership of such
COW is unknown, and to that end shall
have full authority to instruct n
person or persons working in said
roundup to thus brand such calves;
and the person or persons thus in
structed to brand any such calves, shall
at once do so. Any person violating the
provisions of this section, shall be
deemed and adjudged guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and on conviction thereof.
shall be fined in a sum not less than
double the value of each calf not thus
branded, or by Imprisonment in the
county Jail for a term not less than ten
days for each calf they fail thus to
brand, or by both fine and imprison-
ment.
SEC. 8. In the trial of all criminal
cases concerning neat cattle, whatso-
ever the crime charged may be, the
cattle thus involved in such charge, in
absence of proof to the contrary. shall
be presumed, Mt the time of tue offense,
to nave been upon the range of the
owner thereof; and if such range shall
extend into more than one county, then
the prosecutor shall elect in which of
such counties to lay venue; and unless
the evidence shall show ahirmatively
that the offense was not committed in
either OF said counties, the act COM
planned of shall be presumed TO have
been committed in the county where
the crime IS laid in the indictment pre-
sentins the crime
SEC. q All mavericks as defined by
this act shall lie taken up by the fore
man of the roundup when found, and
shall be by him, or under his directions,
branded with the brand of the pur-
chaser thereof as hereinafter provided
for; and shall also be branded on the
left side of the neck with the brand of
said association, namely, NJ. Said brand
when used on the left side of the neck
of any animal, is hereby declared TO be
the brand of said association, and no
person or persons, company or corpora.
ton, other than said association. shall
have the right to use the same on the
lett side OF the neck, and such foreman
shall keep an accurate statement in
VVritinn nf oanh r,a,,oG.tr t-.
a one thus branded, its age, as near
as may be, sex. color and grade, which
statement shall be made at the time of
such branding upon blanks furnished
him by said association, for such Dur
pose; and at the close of each of said
%round-upI, lie shall return such written
statement to said a association together
W tn his veriiication thereto, duly v,ri-
fed before some officer authorized to
administer oaths, and which shall be in
substance as follows:
A. B, being first duly
sworn, OIL his oath says that the above
and foregoing statement of mavericks,
by him subscribed, is just, full and
true; that the same truly represents and
shows the exact number branded by
him in the brand of --, thus -
upon the general - round up: and
also truly shows the ages of each there
of, as nearly as he could judge, aud the
sex and color of each, and hat aiIiant
branded, or caused to be branded, in
the brando of said -, all mavericks
found on said roundup; and that each
thereof was branded on the left side of
the neck with the brand of the Wyo-
ming Stock Growers association pul-
Suant to law, thereby showing such
animals had been sold as mavericks.
A b.
Subscribed aud sworn to before me
Lhis --- day of ---, A. D. 1873
SEC. I. That all mavericks that may
be found in any roundup district shall
be sold at the expiration of every ten
days during the progress Of said round
up in the lot consisting of all the nave
ricks ON hand at the date of each sale. by
the foreman of such roundup, to the high
est and best bidder for cash or certified
check; and he shall within fifteen DAVIS
after such sale, pay over the full amount
received therefrom to the secretary of
said association, less 10 per centum
thereof, which he shall retain as his
fees and commission for making such
sales; and prior to entering upon his
duties as foreman he shall give a bond
to the said association, with one or
more sufficient securities, to be an
proved by the president or secretary of
said association in the sum of SO OOO.
conditioned for the faithful perform
ance OF his duties and that he will well
ard truly pay over all sums received by
him for the use of said association as is
in this section provided.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of such
foreman upon receipt by him of the
money for such mavericks thus sold, to
max in due form a bill of sale, which
he shall execute as foreman of such
roundup, transferring said mavericks
thus sold to the purchaser or purchasers
thereof; and such bill of sale shall
transfer and vest in such purchaser the
full title to eIcn and all of the nave
ticks thus transferred. The said fore
man shall transmit n copy of each of
said bills of sale t. the secretary of
said association at the same time he
shall transmit the moneys and proceeds
of such sales to that officer.
SIC. D. The proceeds arising from
such sales shall be covered into the
treasury of said association, to he by
It used in the payment of cattle inspec-
tors, and other like purposes; and if
any neal cattle thus sold, shall, within
the period of SIX months Immediately
ensuing the day of the execution OF
said bill of sale, be claimed, identified
and proven as the property of any per-
son, it shall be the duty of said associa-
ton to forthwith pay the money re-
ceived for such animal to its owner;
but in the event any animal shall not
he Tins claimed idantiuad md nr,,,o,