Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-06-20
FOR CATTLEMEN.

years suffered loss from vandals who
drove off. few at time, stock belong
| ing 10 various ranchers, selling them to
Tucson butche 8, often Offering them at
cheap rates, that there might be no
delay OF sale. In the aggregate these
losses have been considerable, ard large
ly to their efforts is due the passage of
bill los, of the last legislature, appoint
ing live stock inspectors, with the duties
of inspecting all brands, seeing that no
cattle were sold having unrecorded
brands were on all stock sold for local
consumption.
F. A. Kelly is inspector for che Tue
son district, appointed by /. n. Towne
member OF the Live Stock Sanitary
Commission, on June 1st. MIR. Kelly is
already making changes in the cattle
workings of his district, and there is
growing and hard language at his in
spectorshIp and the sixteenth legisla-
ture in placing such restrictions on cattle
iobbers. One man is particularly wroth
at the detention Of eight head, now in
the corral at Silver Lake, awaiting the
application of recorded brand. He has
been arrested number Of times on cat
tie troubles and uses the same vent-an
unracorded one-for eight or ten brands
of cattle. Until he records his brand
the cattle will be held.
The number of stock inspected in
the district varies. One day l50 head
were inspected. The intention of tie in
spector is to straighten cut many ways
that are crooked and devious in the
cattle business of tie Tucson district,
and that very soon.
At the recorders Office the brand
| book is the object of considerable search
of late, and a grand rush of negligent
cattlemen wanting to place their cattle
marks on record is expected. Among
cattle laws of the sixteenth legislature,
one makes it an act of fraud punishable
as such to brand stock with a brand
not on record.
The duties of the inspectors are as
follows:
LIVE STOCK PRODUCERS.
Section l. 1t is hereby made the duty
of the Live Stock Sanitary Commission to
appoint live stock inspectors, who shall
hold their Office al the will and pleasure
OF such commission; whose duty 1t
shall be to inspect all stock about TO be
killed for sale, or to Ee or being shipped
or driven from or through the territory
OF Arizona, and tn make sure that any
and all stock being shipped or driven
as aforesaid are not stolen property and
that the person or persons in charge
thereof are the owners thereof, or are
properly authorized to handle said stock,
And any stock being handled without
such authority shall be seized by said
inspector, and the party Or parties shall
be required to Immediately and care
fully return such stock TO the range of
the owner. The party or parties in
charge OF stock that should be inspected
shall notify the nearest inspector wheel
they shall ship or drive, SO that such
stock may be inspected, and when in
spected said party or parties IN charge
shall forthwith pay 10 Sid inspector
three cents per head when the number
inspected is one hundred or more, and
i've Genus per DSau NneQ u
number inspected is less than ore nun
dred, for such inspection, whereupon
the inspector shall give fully explana-
tory receipt for the amount to be paid
and received. No stock shall be I'M
necessarily detained for inspection. Any
person or persons in charge of stock
as hereinbefore mentioned, subject to
inspection, who shall refuse an inspector
opportunity and assistance to fully in
spect said stock, or refuse to pay said
fee, shall be deemed guilty of misde-
.neanOr. And such inspector thall en-
ter in book kept for that purpose, a
record CT such inspection, show the date
and place of making the same, the name
of the person or persons in charge of
said stock, the number, kind and de-
scriptior of stock together with their |
marks and brands and ali other and |
further and necessary information,
which said book shall be open TO inspec- |
tion OF all persons.
Sec. 3. Any person, persons, firm or |
company violating any OF the provisions |
OF this act shall be guilty of mis- |
demeanor, and upon conviction Thereof |
shall pay a fine of not less than fifty |
dollars nor more thar five hundred dol |
lars.
Sec t. This act shall take effect and |
be in force thirty days after its passage.
Approved March 10. 1891.