Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-01-26
TO KANSAS STALLION OWNERS.


cular letter for publication. Your at.
tentbon is especially ealledsto the fol- |
lowing statements and provisions Of i
the salIion law:
LIST. No stallion Can legally stand !
f0r public service in Kansas without
a State License iSSUad by the Live |
Stock Registry Board, and all adver-
rsements Of every kind or nature
must contain a correct copy of this
license (word for wOrd.)
End. To procure a State License
the owner must have the STALLION ex-
amEned for soumdmass by an authoIiz-
ed veterinarian. If any owner does
not know who the authorized vetsr-
marian for his district is. he should
write 10 the Secretary of the Live
Stock Registry Board, at Manhattan
for the information. After the stall
lion has BEEN examined for sound,
ness, the owner must send 10 the Reg.
istry Board all pedaggress and other
papers bean'mg upon the breeding of
the Stallion i'm question: or a certified
copy of the same together with a fee
Of $500 for issuing the State LicsGge,
as provided by law.
Ord. Section reads as follows:
Every bill, poster or advertisement
Issued by the OWNER of amy stallion
enrolled under this act, or used by
him for advertising such Stallion,
shall contain correct copy of its
certificate of enrolment. -
The term certificate of enrolment
means the license issued by the Reg
istry Board.
4th. Section reads as follows:
The owner of any stallion standing
for public service in this State shall
post and keep affixed, during the en-
tire breeding season, copies of the
license certificate of each Stallion. is
sued under the provisions of this act,
in conspicuous place upon the main
door leading into every stable or
building where the said stallion
stands for public service"
It is very important that this sec
ton be strictly adhered TO that
the mare owner may know what kind
If a horse he is pa'rontz ing. both as
tr breeding and condition of sound
, hess.
! 5th. Section 8 readS as follows:
Upon the transfer of ownership of
any stallion enrolled under the pro-
visions of this act, the certificate of
enrolment may be transferred by the
State Live stock Registry Board up
on submittal Of satisfactory proof of
such transfer and upon the payment
Of a fee of fifty cents"
Parties buying stations that stood
for public service in Kansas last
year, should have such transfer Oh
ownership recorded in the books of
the Registry Board as required by
law.
When such transfer of ownership
is made the new owner should send
10 the Registry Board the old State
License, and a new one will be is
sued i'm the name of the new owner.
The law provides a fee of fifty cents
for making such transfer.
9Th. Section 10 reads as follows:
Amy stallion standing for public SER
vice that lis not a pure-bned and reg
,S,ered horse must have conspicuous
ly posted on the door of the stall in
which he is kept, and i'm black type
not less than one inch in height, a
Statement that such stallion is a
grade or a croSs1bned, as the case
may be-"
Owners of grade stations should
bear this i'm mind and act accordingly
It'll. Stations that were examined
and licensed last year do not have to
be re-examined and re-licensed again
this year.
The spirit of the law is that every
owner shall advertise his stallion for
exactly what it is. Stallion OWNERS
have had time to familiRGd7e them.
selves with the provisions of this
law, and are expected to comply with
the same.
The Registry Board is always ready
70 render every possible assistance
and service to the horsemen of Kan
sas. Address all correspondence 70
DIR. c. W. McCampbell, Secretary Live
Stock Registry Board, Manhattan
Kansas.