Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-03-13
To Regulate Nebraska Stockyards.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 1.-The fol-
lowing is the Williams bill to regulate
stockyards, as amended by the commit
tee and passed by the house:
Section l. All stockyards organized
or operated under the general corpora
ton laws of this state or by special
charter are hereby declared to be pub
! lie markets.
Sec. 2. All persons, corporations or
companies dealing at such stockyards
shall have the same rights and privi-
leges with all other persons, companies
and corporations, and no rights or priv
ileges granted or conferred TO or upon
any person, company or corporation.
either directly or indirectly, shall be
withheld from any person, company or
corporation.
Sec. 3. There shall be sufficient
number OF persons appointed by the
governor of the state upon the appli-
cation OF the stockyard company for
each stockyard, who shall be live stock
inspectors, who shall determine what
stock is unfit for market and have the
same removed. The said inspectors
shall also have the power to determine
which are piggy sows and which are
stays, and also allow dockage of not
TO exceed thirty pounds for each piggy
SOW and dockage of not to exceed
sixty pounds for each stag. and all per-
sons except those appointed under the
provision of this section are hereby
prohibited from acting as stock in
spectors, and they shall receive as
compensation the sum of IL cents for
each car inspected, and no more; to
be paid by the shipper.
Sec. i. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stockyard
within this state to charge a greater
price for yarding and weighing stock
therein than the following: For yard
ing and weighing cattle, Is cents per
head; for yarding and weighing hogs,
cents per head; for yarding and
weighing sheep cents per head.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stock
yards within this state to charge a
greater price for grains and hay than
the following: For corn, oats hay
ami all other grains double the mar
ket price in village or city where said
stockyards are located.
Sec. e. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stock
yards within this state to sell and de-
livor at the rate OF less than two thou
sand pounds for ton of hay, and it
shall also be unlawful for any such
owners or proprietors to sell and de-
liver less than seventy pounds OF corn
in the ear per busheL. and less than
iifty-siX pounds Of shelled corn for q
bush 81.
Sec. Z. 1t shall be unlawful for the
owners or proprietors of any stock
yards within this state to prohibit the
owner of any dead stock in such yards
to sell to any person or persons 20
whom said owners may desire to soil
the same.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be unlawful for any
persons selling live stock out of any
stockyards within this state to charge
greater commission for selling the
same than the following: For selling
cattle, IS per car; for selling hogs So
per car, for single deck. and So for
double deck cars; for selling sheep, 81
per car for single deck and 81 for dou-
bic deck cars.
Sec. 9. Any person who shall violate
any OF the provisions of this act shall
DE deemed guilty OF misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined for the first offense not more than
$l00 for the second offense not less
than 500, nor more than 5000, and for
each subsequent offense not less than
$500 nor more than $500.