The St. Johns herald., 1897-04-10

2 egrp0raGOu1 engaged III tue slaHgnter or llvt
 stock for sale in any city own or village in thi
 territory, shall sla 7ghteT Ill sach animals in { fixed or definite slsu5 bttr-hotse or slaughter
 pen to be kept by such oerssn or persons fol that purpose said slaughterhouse or slaugh ter pen must be within four niles of the limit.
 of said city, town or village.
 Section g. It ss all be the dlty of any par,on Dersons, firm or CO., Horation carrying on the husipess Of slaughtering seidsnimals. to notifv
 the nearest inspector appoiIaed under this ac,
 of the location Of his or theit slaugbter-bon or slaughter-pen, and of tn, time and lime,
 when such person or pesens propose to slaughter any such animals.
 Dc~~ o- ivrpgrroPe Tk.7rSe HIDES
 sectea @ f chen tbe6 duty Of said tn- -.ala-rs rs g.a .sa-> sis53-4 rF ssfe'- islsughtariEs places. 5c Bstty l75 chs'-- " ~' said board and the dlsricta ltorney ofthe proper eounty Of any perso,, persons hrra or copora. ldon. who is or ars yading any Of the pFovis- ions of this act, t. personally or by regularly appointed deputy aspect for health for marks and brands, and tg the hides of all said ami maIs slaughtered fr sale in their respective dis ricts, aud inspect sch hide or hides, and put 8 tag on the left side of the neck of each hide with tag seal furnished by the said board and shall receive as conpens nsation therefor the sum of twenty-five cens for each hide of horned or neat cattle inspected and tagged. to be paid by such butcher whih amount shall be deducted from the purchase price; to keep record of | their general decIiptinn, their marks and brands, ages and sex of such slaughtered ami mals. as determind by examination of the hide ears and horns; said record shall at all times be open to inspection to any person desiring to in- spect the same. duplicate record of all in-- spections shall best mt to the board, and triph- cute given to the Iutcher at such times and un- der such rules ana regulations as the board may adopt Any persu, persons, firm corporation selling, removingDr secreting any hide or hides or detach.ng, oblieraing or defacing from or upon the hide aIT mark or brand Def re they are inspected and tagged shall be guilty of c misdemeanor anl shall be punished as herein af CT provided
 l DUTY OF RANCH,EN MUST PRESERVE HIDES l Section 40 Ay ranchman. trader or any oth- CT person, not reiu!arl. engaged in the business l of slaughteIing Ieat or horned cattle at some known and established slaughter place within four m les of sone city. town or village within the I'm .ts of ths territory. who shall slaughter my neat or honed cattle for sale, on their ranches or elsewhere, shall before offering the meat for sale il any city, town or village within the limits of liis territory, take such meat to- gether with the hide, 10 a regularly appcinted inspector, and s1al have the hide inspected and tagged immediately paying therefor twenty-five cents for each hde inspected aud tagged all persons not engaged as butchers, who shall at any time kill or daughter or cause to be killed slaughtered, any cattle either for his or their own use and consumption, CT for sale, shall re- tain or cause 10 De retaintd in his or their pos session. the hides taken of Su animal or ami 1nuls with the ear-IDasNs e tachc6 thereto. with -,.- -.-..~.. 44 diS1-vIs-
 or marks on sail hide or eaS, fo the period of twenty-one days free to tAe inspection Of all persons. And any person filing to keep the hides in the manner and fC the time above mentioned, 1T shall refuse tojny person the iu- speciipn ol S.tch hie or bid,S shall be s,..... d misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined .n any sum not exceeding two hundred dollars provided, that any one may immedi- ately sell or otherwise dispose of the hide Of any animal as soon as it is duly inspected and tagged by an authorized inspector.
 BOND OF
 Section fl. Before any person, persons. firm
  on the business of slaughtcring animals for sale or for the sale oi meat such person, persons firm or corporation shah first give bond, with two or more good and sufficient sureties, 10 the territory of Arizona in he penal sum of one thousand dollars, to be approved by the chair man of the board of supervisors of the couaty in which such business is to be carried on, con- ditioned that such person, persons, firm or cor poration shall not slaughter or expose for sale any neat animal, or the meat thereof, without first being the legal and equitable owner there of as well in law as in fact, and that in case such person, persons, firm or corpora ion shall slaughter or sell, or expose for sale, any neat animal, or the meat thereof as aforesaid, shall pay therefor double the value of any such ani- nal, the same to be recovered by action on said bond, in lhe name of the true owner of such animal, the amount so recovered shall be paid as follows: One-half to the owner of such ami nal, one-fourth to the inspector or person dis covering the wrongful possession or slaughter ing of such animal and the remaining one- fourth to the said board.
 RECORDS AND REPORTS. Section 42. Any person who shall set up, or carry on the business of butchering, or slaugh tering of horned cattle swine in this territory shall keep true and faithful record, in a b-ok to be kept tor that purpo e, of all livestock pur chased or slaughtered by him, with descrip- ton of all animals so purchased or slaughtered all the marks. bra nds, ages and we ght of such animals, the name and residence of the person from whom purchased, and the date of g -L purchase, and shlE, st 5ue end of each TuOn h make a tIu- risE U,-.--- --. y ----.-..- record so req fred to be Kept by this section under oath. and dslvef the same to the iuSpee- tor his disJIicL Any such person. persons. fru -corPOrat.ol who fails t) Eeap such rec .- -r who iai,s and Leglgcts to del. s- r--. copy ct the re ord mentioned ill this scctiCn or who refuses to exhibit, to any person demand ing it, the said record, is guilty of mis emean- or, and shal. b ii 6 c sun not less han hfty | dolia nog more tn III one hundred dollars for every day he shall have tailed U comply With | this section.
 TRANSPORTING UNTAGGED HIDES. PENALTY
 Section 43. It snail be unlawful for any rail- road company to receive for transportation any hides until he same shnl have been inspected aGd tag .ed as provided III this act. Any iallroad company, or any officer. age"t or servant of raiIi oad company who shall violate the proVls- ions Of his section, shDu De deemed gully of a and upon cln f.cGion thereon, shall De lined not less thalt ne Id. ed dollars, ana not more lhan five hundred dollars, in t-e dis cretion of the codrt
 BRANDING.
 section fl. Every person, rm, company or corporation owning horses. mules, asses or neat cattle in this territory shall have and adopt mark and brand for such animals, by which they shall be marked and branded after such brand snail have beeu recorded as required by ,his act.
 EVIDENCE OF.