Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-08-08
Inspection Of Live Stock.

For the benefit of our live stock owners
I and shippers We publish the following
sections Of the law passed last winter
relative to the inspection of live stock:
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty of said
stock inspector to inspect all horses and
cattle Of which he has knowledge are
about to be loaded for shipment or to he
driven or shipped out Of the county in
which he resides to any other point
within the state or to point outside the
state before the same are shipped.
Section 3. Said inspector shall make
and keep record in his Office in book
expressly for that purpose, which record
shall be open to the public; and shall
contain: first, the marks and brands up.
on each OF said animals, and second, IL
no marks or brands appear thereon he
shall take general description OF the
same; third, the owner Of said stock, If
ascertainable and il not he shall so state
in his record; fourth, the person in whose
name said animals are shipped; fifth,
the name OF the person in charge OF the
same; and sixth. the point OF destination.
together with such other information as
may assure the inspector that the per-
son shipping or driving is the owner, or
has lawful right to ship or drive the
same. If the inspector shall be satisfied d
from his inspection that the person ship.
ping or driving said animals ia the owner
or has lawful right to ship or drive the
same he shall, on payment of the fees
hereinafter prescribed. give to such a
person q permit to ship or drive said
live stock, which permit shall be in
writing and shall set forth the number
and description of the animals.
Section s. It shall be unls " full for any
person or persons to cause to be ship.
ped or driven any live stock from any
county in this state to any other county
therein or to a point without said state,
without such person or persons first mott.
flying the said stock inspector of the pro.
prosed shipment or driving and request.
ing that an inspection Of the animals to
be shipped or driven be made, and until
the permit shall have been issued as
specified in this act, and no railway or
transportation company shall ship any
such stock until said permit shall have
been issued, but the said stock inspector
may at his discretion issue . written per.
| nit to drive stock from one county to
another within this state without any
personal inspection or fees.
Section s. The said stock inspector
! shall be entitled to demand and collect
the following fees 70. inspection. viz:
Ton cents per head for horses and five
cents per head for cattle, and he is here
bv given q lien upon said animals, ~for
such inspection fees, and mileage at the
rate Of ten cents per mile for each mile
actually travelled in going to and return
ing from the place of inspection.
! Section 6. Any person who shall ship
, any horses or cattle from any county in
this state without having first procured
the inspection Of said stock and received
. permit authorizing said shipment shall
be guilty Of misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by
q fine of not less than fifty nor more
than two hundred dollars, or imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not less than
thirty days nor more than six months,
| or both such fine and imprisonment.