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

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the record of the ear marks and brands
on said sheep, or to any person present
ing a good and valid bill of sale for the
same from such owner or to any other
person proving ownership thereof, if the
marks and brands are not recorded,
upon the payment of all costs incurred
in the keeping of said sheep, in the pub
LEGATION aforesaid, n such other eX-
penses as may have been necessarily in
Cured. If no person proves ownership
of said sheep, the secretary shall order
the inspector in charge to sell the same
as in said notice provided. The money
arising from such sale shall be paid to
the board, and there shall be paid there
keeping and advertising said sheep, and
in the sale thereof, and the residue, if
any,, shall be placed in the sheep sani-
] tary fund; provided, however, that if at
any time within one yea after such
! sale, the owner of sheep so sold shall
| appear and prove his ownership, such
residue shall be paid to him from any
funds under control of the board.
/ Section Is. Any person who shall find
any estray sheep, and shall fail to re-
port the same to some sheep inspector,
as is provided for in the preceding Sec
ton, and who shall take or in any man.
ner dispose of them, upon conviction
thereof shall be deemed guilty of larce-
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cordingly.
Section 16. All sheep in the territory
must be dipped at least once in each
year, in accordance with the rules and
regulations to be established by the
board, and shall be inspected at least
once in each year by the inspector, who
shall Immediately after each inspection
Of any flock Of sheep, make a report
thereof to the secretary of the board,
stating the number of sheep inspected,
the owner of the same, their condition
of health, or the existence of any infec-
tious Or contagious ~(disease) or
parasites among them, and such
other matters and information as
may be required by the board,
which report the secretary Of the
board shall record in a proper book for
reference. No sheep afflicted with scab,
or other infectious (diseases) or para
the place where they are being herded
and the dipping watts, and then only
under the regulations prescribed by the
board; and any fiocks of sheep which
may have scab shall be dipped as often
as may be necessary, and until they
are pronounced clean by the inspector;
but no sheep shall be required to be dip
ped at such season Of the year or dur
ing such inclement weather as would
endanger their health or lives, or when
a flock is in the midst of Landing.
Section II. No person or persons,
whether principal or agent, shall here
after sell, nor shall any person, wheth-
err as principal or agent, hereafter buy,
any sheep, unless the person or persons
so selling the same, shall give to the
purchaser, and the purchaser shall re-
ceive from the person selling the same
a bill Of sale, which shall fully describe
the sheep by their marks, brands and
quality and shall be duly acknowledged
before some officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgements; and in the
possession, by any person or persons,
but his own, shall, unless he have such
bill of sale therefor, be taken as prima
facie evidence that he has committed
larceny of said sheep, and shall be suf-
ficient for a conviction unless the evil
dence shall show his innocence.
Section 10. Any person who may sell,
or offer for sale or trade, any sheep
upon which such person has not his re-
corded mark or brand, or for which he
has neither bill of sale nor power Of at
torney from the owner Of such sheep,
authorizing such sale, shall be deemed
guilty of larceny, unless such person
upon trail (triaD shall establish and
prove that he was, at the time, the act
ual owner Of the sheep, or that he acted
by the direction of one shown or proven
to be the actual owner of such sheep, |
and in prosecution for a violation Of the
provisions Of this section, 1t shall not
be necessary, in order to warrant a con-
viction, for the territory to prove mo-
tive, intent or purpose on the part of
the accused, or that the accused knew
that the sheep were sold or traded or
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hereof, but the fact of such selling or
trading or offering for sale or trade,
contrary to the provisions hereof, when
proved, shall, by testimony. explain the
case made by the territory in a manner
consistent with good faith and innocent
purpose.
Section 10. Whenever, under the pro-
visions of this act or of the rules and
of the sheep sanitary board
in accordance with the provisions of this
act, any flock or flocks Of sheep must
be quarantined or dipped, upon failure
or refusal Of the owner or of the person
in charge Of such flock or flocks of sheep
to comply Herewith, the sheep inspector
shall summarily take charge Of the
flock or f1ocks Of sheep, as under at
tachment, and shall see that the re-
quirements of the law and of the rules
and regulations Of the board, in relation
to said flock or f1ocks Of sheep, are
complied with under his directions and
supervision. The costs and expenses
necessarily thereby incurred shall con-
a lien upon said flock or fiocks
Of sheep, and said sheep shall remain in
the custody of the inspector until said
costs and expenses are fully paid, and If
the owner or the person in charge of
such sheep fail to pay said costs and
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