Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-01-12
NEW STALLION LAW
Full Text of the New Act Which
Took Effect August S.


effect on August S. After that date
it has been unlawful for any person
TO stand stallion for public service
in Colorado without license. The
administration of the new law will be
under the direction of the Stock In
spection Board. All stallion own
ers should communicate with the
Secretary of the Board regarding the
matter of license. The act i'll full is
as follows:
Section 1. 1t shall hereafter be un-
lawful for any person, persons, COM
pany or corporation to stand any stall
lion or jack for public service in the
state of Colorado without first hav-
ing obtained from the State Board OF
Stock Inspection Commissioners a
license authorizing such public SER
vice. Such license may be issued by
the secretary of the said State Board
OF Stock Inspection Commissioners
and shall authorize the public service
of such stallion or jack for the term
of one year from the date thereof and
shall state whether the stallion so Ii
censed is a pure bred registered stall
lion or grade stallion as the case
may be.
Sec. 2. Before any license shall be
issued for the public service OF any
stallion or jack, an application shall
to be provided by the said State
Board of Stock Inspection Commis-
sioners and the application, in the
case OF a stallion, shall state wheth-
er the stallion is registered in some
recognized stud book for the regis
tering OF pure bred horses and evil
dcnce OF this fact shall accompany
the application. Failure to present
satisfactory evidence of the registra-
ton OF such stallion as pure bred
animal, will cntitle such stallion to be
licensed only as grade stallion, and
the license shall state in large type
that the stallion licensed is Regis
tered Pure Bred Stallion" or that it
is Grade Stallion" as the case may
be.
Sec. 8. There shall accompany
each application for license certifi-
cate from some licensed veterinarian
of the State of Colorado stating that
the stallion or jack sought to be Ii
censed is not afflicted with any of the
diseases known as Roaring" Ring
bone" SPAWN" Specific Ophthal-
mia" Moon Blindness), or any form
OF vcnereal disease. Any stallion or
jack afflicted with any OF the dis
eases above mentioned shall not be
licensed for service in this state, and
it shall be unlawful for any person,
persons, company or corporation to
stand any such stallion or jack for
service in this state; provided that in
securing the certificate from any Ii
censed veterinarian on the examina-
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sought to be licensed. it shall be un-
lawful for any licensed veterinarian
to charge more than 100 as fee
| Tor such service.
Sec. !. For every stallion or jack
license issued, the secretary of the
State Board OF Stock Inspection
| Commissioners shall charge and col
| lect fee of SIS 90; provided, howev-
er. that such license may be renewed
| annually upon the presentation of a
certificate OF examination from any
licensed veterinarian as provided i'll
Section 3 OF this act, and the pay
mcnt of fee of $500. All such fees
when collected shall he kept in a sep
arate fund to be known as the "Stal-
lion Fund.- under the care of the
treasurer of the said State Board OF
Stock Inspection Commissioners, to
be disposed OF as hereinafter provid-
ed.
Sec. ). Should the attention OF the
State Veterinary Surgeon be called to
the fact that any stallion or jack be-
inc stood for public service under 4
license as provided herein, is afflict-
ed with any OF the diseases named i'll
Section 3 OF this act, it shall be the
duty of the State Veterinary Surgeon
to make an examination OF such ami
NAL and il the animal is found to be
so afflicted it shall be the duty of the
State Veterinary Surgeon to report
the same to the State Board of Sock
Inspection Commissioners, who shall
revoke the license of said animal and
cancel the same. and thereafter such
stallion so afflicted shall not be al
lowed to stand for public service in
this state.
Sec. 9. The State Board of Stock
Inspection Commissioners is author
izeu and instructed to use the money
in the Stallion Fund" each year for
the purpose of offering sepcial prem
| iums at any fairs or stock shows held
in this state to be competed for by
horses. mules or colts bred and raised
in Colorado and exhibited at such
fairs or stock shows, and said board
shall make such rules and regula-
tlons in regard to such premiums and
the competitions therefor as will in
their judgment best encourage the
breeding OF improved horses and
mules in Colorado. and the premiums
offered shall be competed for under
such conditions as will best produce
that result.
Sec. !. Any person who shall Of
fer the breeding services of any stall
/ linn or iarL To tho o,,iI;,. ;,, ,I,;s ,,,,a