Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-05-16
STATE LICENSES REQUIRED
New Stallion Law Goes Into Effect
In Oregon May 20.

! On and after Saturday, May 20, Il
will be necessary for the owners Of
'stallions in this state to procure certifi-
licenses in lieu of the county certif-
Gates heretofore required. There has
been some question as to whether OF
not the county licenses issued under
the old law would be made void by
opinion rendered by the legal depart
ment, they are. In order to determine
the question, County Clerk Il. M.
Smith requested an opinion on the
matter, and has received the following
rendered by Assistant Attorney Cen
eral l. Fl. Van Wrinkle:
In reply to your favor of the twelfth
instant. relative to the stallion regis
tration law, which is chapter PIG,
page 345, Laws of 1911, beg to say
that said chapter contains no special
provision delaying the taking effect of
it's provisions. and therefore goes into
effect by operation of the constitution
on the twentieth instant.
1T also covers the entire subject of
stallion registration, and repeals all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
Herewith, and consequently takes the
place of and repeals the former acts,
requiring a license to be obtained
from the county clerk, excepting sec
tions SIG, SIT and 571S of Lords
Oregon Laws, which it specifically
amends. Therefore, from the time It
takes effect, it will be the only law up
on the subject, and licenses heretofore
issued by the county clerk win not
take the place Of licenses required by
said chapter ZIG. In my opinion it
will be necessary for owners of stall
lions to secure the licenses provided
for in said chapter on and after the
twentieth of this month";
Every person, firm or corporation
standing or using any stallion or jack
for public service shall cause the
name, description and pedigree of
such stallion or jack to be enrolled by
the stallion registration board, and
shall procure a license from said
board.
In order to procure a license certifi-
cate the owner of the animal shall
make application to the secretary Of
the board, Ermine L. Potter, at Cor
wallis, and shall furnish with such APP
plication the certificate of registration
of the stallion or jack, If such is OBJ
tainable, and all other papers relat-
ing to the breeding and ownership of
the animal.
The secretary of the board Will then
notify the owner where and when the
said animal may be examined for
and upon receipt of the
certificate, and upon
of the pedigree of the an
Imal, shall cause the registration to be
made, and shall furnish the owner
with a license certificate in accordance
with the provisions of the act.
A fee of $40 shall be paid the secre-
tary at the time when application lis
made. The veterinarian making the
shall be paid out of this
fund, and shall receive no pay from
the owner for the examination. In
case tne HceHse ID not Brdnteus % ol
the fee shall be returned. The license
certificate shall be valid for period
Of three years, except when the ami
NAL is more than 10 years old at the
late when the license is issued, in
which case the license shall be good
'or the remainder of the life of the
,ald animal. Upon the death of any
licensed animal. the owner shall inn
nediately return the license to the
secretary.
No stallion or jack shall stand for
public service which is diseased or so
,adly deformed that, in the opinion of
he board it is wholly unfit for breed
ng purposes, and the board is author
zed to refuse certificate and registra-
ion for such animals.