Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-01

own supervision, at the nearest obtain
able dipping watts; and in the meantime,
and until said sheep are free from dis
ease, he must see that the quarantine
regulations prescribed by the board in
such cases are strictly observed, and as
well as any other orders or rules of the
board. When the inspector shall pro-
nounce said sheep clean and healthy, he
shall issue to the owner, or person in
charge Of them, a certificate of health
as provided in the preceding section,
Upon the payment to him of the inspec-
ton fee named in the preceding section.
Section Z. Should the owner, or per-
son in charge of any sheep, that are
about to be brought into this territory
from another country, state or terrific
ry, fail or refuse to pay the inspection
fee provided for in section S of this act,
the inspector making the inspection OF
said sheep shall refuse to deliver the
certificate of health mentioned in said
section s, and shall not permit said
sheep to enter the territory; and if they
are brought into the territory notwith-
standing his said refusal, or if said
sheep be already in the territory at the
time of said inspection, he shall imme-
diately take charge Of the flock, and
shall not allow them to (be) driven
away; he shall at once notify the secre-
tary of the board, or the nearest or
most accessible member of said board,
of that fact, and upon being authorized
thereto by the board, he shall immedi-
ately go before the district judge, or
some justice of the peace in the county
where the said sheep may then be
found, and make complaint against the
said owner, or the person in charge of
said sheep, in the manner provided in
section 10 of this act, and proceed as in
dicated therein, to enforce the payment
of said inspection fee, and of the costs
he may have necessarily incurred in
keeping said sheep, from the time that
he took charge of them, together with
the costs of the legal proceedings.
Section s. When any inspector learns
that any flock or flocks of sheep have
been brought into this territory from
some other country, state or territory,
without having been first inspected, as
provided for in section 5 of this act, he
shall Immediately inspect said sheep, as
in said section 5 is provided.
Section 9. That any person or per-
sons who shall hereafter bring any
sheep into the territory of New Mexico,
from any other country, or state, or ter
ritory, without complying with the pro-
visions contained in section S of this
act, shall, upon conviction thereof, be-
fore any justice of the peace or district
court in this territory, be fined in any
sum not less than $50 nor more than
$500, and in addition thereto may, in the
discretion of the court trying the case,
be imprisoned at hard labor in the
ty Jail of the county for any period of
time not to exceed 80 days; and a fail
ure on the part Of the owner, or person
in charge of said sheep, to produce the
certificate of health provided for in said
section 5, shall be prima facie evidence
that said sheep were clandestinely
brought into the territory, without COM
plying with the provisions Of said Sec
ton. The Judgment shall operate as a
lien upon the sheep so clandestinely
brought by such person into the terri
tory, and said sheep, or SO much thereof
may be necessary, may be sold in the
manner as is now provided by law
for the sale of personal property under
execution, and the proceeds applied to
the payment Of such fine and costs; and
it is hereby made the express duty of
sheep inspectors to max criminal COM
plant against any person or persons
who bring sheep into this territory in
violation Of the provisions contained in
said section 5 of this act.
Section 10. That all moneys arising
from fines and penalties for violations
of any of the provisions Of this act, shall
part Of the available sheep
sanitary fund, and shall be paid over by
the officers collecting the same to the
secretary of the board.
Section II. Every sheep owner, own
ing or having sheep in this territory,
shall record in the Office of the secreta-
ry of the board, the marks and brands
which he may use in marking sheep,
and the said secretary shall enter and
record said marks and brands in a book
to be kept by him for that purpose; pro-
vided hat he shall refuse to record in
the name Of any person, persons, firm or
corporation; any mark or brands which
may have been previously recorded in
the name of any other person or
firm or corporation; and
provided further, that it shall
be un lawful for any person, firm
or corporation, to have more than mi
mark, or set of ear marks, in such
manner as to mark different sheep in
his flock or fiocks with different ear
and the secretary shall refuse
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