Arizona republican., 1913-01-28
Report of the Live Stock Sanitary Board of Arizona-lncluding all Revenues and Disbursements January 1st- December
 31st, 1912

Under the new administration of the Live Stock Sanitary board. one of the most important things noticed was lack of funds. which made it impossible to effectually enforce the law and give the protection that was contemplated when these laws were enacted. The repeal of the brand tax law by the legislature further reduced about $5,00O a year
 We found that a majority of the inspectors were receiving less than $20 per month. and the state could not expect man to ride the range. (which is so necessary in order to give the required protection from rustlers, etc., on such a salary and therefore the small salaries were. seemingly. merely donations that went with inspectors commissions. and the laws were commonly disregarded. and therefore not of much benefit to the stOckmen.
 The present board has established a new system in policing the range. and although it is impossible from lack of funds. to extend it all over the state at present, it is hoped that the coming session of the legislature will enact a law whereby sufficient funds will be forthcoming for the use of the board, in order to extend the system over the entire state One state inspector has been engaged by the board to be sent to the various districts where suspicion of crooked dealings is brought to their attention. and good results have already been attained through his work It is also his duty to visit the different dis trict inspectors and see if they are properly performing their duties. and to offer such suggestions to the board as he believes will benefit the service.
 It has been the custom of previous boards to employ attorneys to prose- cute cattle (and horse) stealing cases, as the various county attorneys have had very poor success in securing convictions. It has been found that the expense of retaining counsel in the separate cases was much greater than to have regular counsel on stated salary The board has there fore engaged an attorney. who is at all times at their disposal. at a salary of less than half what the former method cost The high price of cattle is a great incentive to steal. and convictions must be secured in order to break up this practice, and in order to get these convictions the board deemed 1t wise to have good attorney to assist the county attOr- neys whenever necessary in such cases This departure from the old method. although new, has already shown that it will be a great benefit in enforcing the live stock law. This year, according to the records of our office and the data at our disposal. has been the most successful one for the cattle industry ever en- loved by the people of Arizona. The following is a detailed report of the cattle shipped and slaughtered, also receipts and expenditures of this office , in maintaining the inspection service. 1 It would be well to preface this report with figures showing ap- proximately the entire revenue derived by the people of the state from the i sale of cattle. There wer about 371,- 1 GOO head of cattle sold and slaughter ed during 1912, which figured at s35 1 per head (which is a low estimate) would make total of s12.9S5,000 This shows the magnitude of the cattle growing industry in Arizona.
 Shipments and Cattte Slaughtered
 During 1912.
 Cattle slaughtered ............ 65,514 Shipments:
 Cattle to points in Arizona. 76,271 Cattle to points outside Ari
 | zona ................. ,254 !! Horses to points in Arizona. 2,115 T Horses to points outside Ari-
 zona 5423 II Total 37S577