Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-20
WILL INTEREST CATTLEMEN.
Law Regarding Brands Passed by Last
Session Of Legislature Those Obsolete
TO Be Expnnged from Records,

"A law passed by the last session Oh
the legislature, which will be of interest
to the stockmen of New Mexico, is one
which was introduced by Hon. j. S.
Duncan as council bill No. 40, and was
signed by Governor Otero on February
Is. 1t reads as follows:
Whereas, There are now on record | II
the territorial brand book 16. 900 brands,
MANY of which are known to be obsolete
and out of use; and
Whereas, The finding of any brand
for neat cattle which does not so cover
and damage the hide as to greatly dimin-
ish the value of the animal branded, is
very difficult, and for the purpose of cor
I recting the record of brands and the
elimination of those brands known to
have been abandoned and which are now
obsolete:
BE it enacted by the legislative assembly
of the territory of New Mexico:
Section 1.-The cattle sanitary board
of New Mexico shall have the power
a..d shall cause all brands TO- in actual
| use to be re-recorded.
For this purpose the cattle sanitary
board shall issue its circular letter to
the owner or owners OF any brands now
appearing upon the brand record in the
| office of the secretary of the board, re-
curing the owners of said brands to fur
| niSh the secretary with an exact fac.
| smile of any brand or brands now be-
ing used by such owners. In addition to
| the above notices the cattle sanitary
board shall cause such circular letters
and blank applications for re-recording
to be filed with all inspectors of the
| board, ~postmasterS, or in some public
| place in each town or village in the ter
ritory, and shall also cause the publica-
| ton in either Spanish or English, OF
both, in at least one paper in each
county, of the requirements of this act,
such publication to continue for not less
than four weekly issues.
Sec. within ninety days from the
date of the first publication it shall
be the duty of all owners of brands nov
of record in the Office of the cattle
secretary of said board u fac smile of
the brands now in actual use and
owned by them. BY actual use is meant
brands kept up, which must be SO
marked us kept up, or brands not kept
| up on increase, but which are holding
| brands on cattle or horses now actually
owned by them.
All brands re-recorded under the pro-
| visions of this act shall be recorded
free of cost to the owner of said brands,
except for the internal revenue stamp
required by the United States internal
revenue laws of 1898, if filed within six
months, as hercinbefore provided, other
wise the owner shall pay the usual fee
for recording brands as now provided
by law.
Sec. 3.-Any person, company or cor
poration who shall cause to be re-
corded a brand not the property OF
such person, company or corporation, OF
who shall cause any brand to be re-
corded under the provisions of the pre-.
ceding sections in which there are nc
cattle of which such brand is the holding
brand, or any probate clerk or eX-oticio
recorder who shall record a brand UNI
less accompanied by a certificate of the
secretary of the cattle sanitary board,
as now provided by law, or any person
who shall use Il brand cancelled, as
hereinafter provided, shall be guilty of
Il misdemeanor, and shall, upon con-
v%iction, be fined in a sun not less than
twenty five, and not more than one
hundred dollars for each and every Of
Tense, said fine to 60 to the school fund
of the county where the offense is com
mitted.
Sec. All brands now of record in
the office of the cattle sanitary board
and not relied within the six months
herein before provided, shall be declared
unnecessary, obsolete, useless, cancelled,
%eXpunged, and not of record; Provided:
That if it shall be proven to the salts
faction of the cattle sanitary board, that
any brand now of record, was, either by
omission or error, not re-recorded as
herein provided, the cattle sanitary
board shall cause the same to be rc.re-
corded.
Sec. 5.-Any brand offered for record
under the provisions of this act, the
cattle sanitary board shall have the
I power to reject, if upon satisfactory
evidence it is shown to the said board
that the same is offered for, or is Of
such a character that it is likely to be
used for malicious or deceptive purposes,
or not in conformity with the provisions
of section . of this act.
Sec. 6.-This act shall be in force from
and after its passage, and all acts and
parts of acts in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
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