Imperial Valley press., 1910-04-09


 of Imperial, do Ordain as follows:
 Section 1. The office of Brand 1nspec- tor is hereby created.
 Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Brant Inspector to inspect for marks and brands at the railroad stations, at the piaces of exit and entrance to and from the county, and at all places whereso- ever and whensoever the said inspector shall encounter them or designate, all neat cattle, about to be, or which are being shipped, gathered or driven from any place in the county to any place out of the county, and any and all cat tie which are being shipped or driven from any place out of the county to any place In the county, and to require from the owner or owners, person or persons in charge of such stock, list of the brands and marks, and to make sure by inspection, that any and all live stock be- ing shipped or driven as aforesaid, is not stolen property, that the person or per sons in charge, are the owners thereof, or are properly authorized in writing to handle such stock; and the Inspector shall make a permanent record of such inspection, showing the place and date of making the same, the name of the Aowner or owners, or person or persons in Bcharge of said stock, the kind and de- scription of stock together with the number in each brand and mark, and all other and further necessary information, which said record shall be open for in- spection by all persons desiring to in spect the same. If, on such inspection, cattle shall be found not belonging to the shipper or the driver, which he is not auth orized in writing to ship or drive, all such AcI,, I~o N,Ir al held at the expense of the owner, until such owner or person entitled to the possession thereof. can be found and shall have produced satisfactory evidence of his ownership or right to possession, and the expense of keeping and caring for said cattle, shall be lien upon the same.
 Section 8. It shall be the duty or any person, persons, firm or corporation car rylng on the business of slaughtering said animals to notify the Brand Inspector of the location of his or their slaughter house or slaughter pens, and what time or times when such person or persons proposes to slaughter any such animals, and no animal shall be slaughtered by any person until it shall have been first inspected and cer- tified to as being the property of the one slaughtering it, or causing it to be Slaugh- tered, or that such person is authorized to slaughter it. The Inspector shall pre- pare certificates, and copy of each cer- tificate shall be kept in book by the inspector, which book shall at all times be AAOpen to inspection and examination by }1all persons who wish to inspect or exam ' inc it. Upon said animals being so in spected and certified to being butchered, then the inspector shall inspect the hide, and if he shall find it to be the hide of the animal so inspected and certified to- then he shall tag the same on the left side of the neck with a tag seal to be furnished him for that purpose. The certificate of the inspector shall be left with the butcher, and kept by him. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, selling removing or secreting any hide or hides. or detaching, obliterating or defacing from or upon the hide, any mark or brand before they are inspected or tagged shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any trader, or other person, to purchase or otherwise acquire possession O. any hide of horned or neat cattle until the same shall have been inspected and tagged as required by the provisions of this ordi- nance, ana the pOSSeSSlOH pl SuCii tagged hides shall be considered prima facie evidence of the commission of misdemeanor, unless the person possess ing such hide, can show that the same was taken from the animal owned by him at the time of slaughter or death, or that he had written authority from the owner !. to remove the hide from such animal. ,A Section D. Any person who shall set up DEA hnSinaRS blltCharinR $T slaughtering of horned cattle in this county shall keep true and faithful rec ord in a book to be kept for that purpose, of all live stock purchased or slaughtered by him including all the marks and brands of such animals, the name and residence of the person from whom pur- chased and the date of such purchase, and shall at the end of eac.i month, make a true and correct copy of such record so required to be kept by this section, un- der oath, and deliver the same to the county inspector. Any such person, per sons firm or corporation who fail to keep such record, or who fails or ne- glects to deliver a true copy of the rec ord mentioned in this section, or who refuses to exhibit to any person demand ing the said record, is guilty of a mis- demeanor
 Section 6. It shall be unlawful for any person or common carrier to receiver for transportation, any hides, until the same shall have been inspected and tagged as provided in this ordinance. Any person. common carrier or officer, agent or ser want of comfT1on carrier, who shall violate the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a msdemeanor.
 Section '. All inspections of live stock ta. be made in daylight, and the in- Aktion shall be made when pens will lA@nit, by driving such animals into reM or corral in punches of not more than five, and held in such pen or corral until the inspector shall personally see and inspect each and every brand and mark and mark the same on his rec