The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-04-12
CHAPTER 90
(1929 Session Laws)

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Section l.. Every person, firm
corporation or association who
slaughters or causes to be slaught
cred neat cattle for the purpose
of selling or distributing any OF
the meat or by-products of such
cattle in this State, and who main
tains slaughter houses OF meat
markets for this purpose, and who
comply with the rules and regu-
lations of the Montana Livestock
Sanitary Board and the State
! Board of Health, and with the city
or town health ordinances where
said business is operated, or any
other ordinance pertaining to meat
! dealers, shall, for the purpose of
this Act, be designated a clutch
en-" Every other person, firm,
corporation or association, who
slaughters or causes to be slaught-
cred any neat cattle or who buys
and sells any dressed beef or veal,
and who does not maintain a Ii
censed slaughter house or market,
shall. for the purpose of this Act,
be designated a "meat peddler."
Licenses
Section 2. Every butcher, shall
before engaging in or conducting
any such business, in any county,
pay to the county treasurer of
such county a license Of five
(S5. 00) dollars, which license shall
continue in force and effect for
the balance of the calendar year
in which it was issued, and which
shall be deemed null and void af-
ter January l of the succeeding
year, and every meat peddler
shall, before commencing or doing
any business or performing any
acts in any county as such meat
peddler, pay to the county treas
urer of such county, a license of
one hundred (S1OO.OO dollars,
which shall continue in force and
effect for the balance of the cal
endar year in which it is issued,
and which shall be deemed null
and void after January LIST of the
succeeding year. 1t shall be the
duty of the meat peddler to have
his license with him at all times
when transacting business, and it
shall be the duty of every butcher
to display his license in a con
spicious place in his market. Fail
ure to have such license shall be
deemed a misdemeanor. The coun-
ty treasurers of the state are here
by authorized and required, upon
the payment of any such licenses,
to issue a proper certificate of
such payment. The moneys col
lected from such licenses shall be
placed in the general fund of the
county wherein collected. This
Section shall not apply to the
slaughter or sale of meat by any
person, firm, corporation or asso-
citation who may slaughter or
cause to be slaughtered any neat
cattle of his or it's own raising.
Concerning Hides
Section 3. All butchers and
meat peddlers and all other per-
sons shall have the hide in its en-
tirely with tail attached of each
beef or veal inspected in the coun-
ty where the animal vas slaught-
cred by a livestock Inspector, or
deputy, or by a sheriff or his dep
uty, or by any person designated
by the board Of county commits
sioners other than a butcher, meat
peddler, or employee Of any butch
er or meat peddler, who shall
mark said hide or hides by a hole
at least one inch square near the
lower extremity of the left hind
leg, before the beef or veal is ped
died, sold, or offered for sale, by
said butcher or peddler, or any
other person, and upon demand
produce such hide or inspec-
ton certificate as hereinafter pro-
vided. To the hole in the hide
specified herein shall be attached
a metal tag bearing the name of
he county, the inspectors number
the hide, the form of such metal
and the serial number to apply to
.ag shall be specified by the Live
stock Commission. Each of the
our quarters so presented shall
be stamped with an ink stamp,
which shall be provided by the
and the form of which
hall be provided by the Livestock
Commission. Said Inspector, sher-
IF or authorized inspector shall
Keep a record and issue a certifi-
.ate of inspection, on a form pro-
-ided by the county, which form
hall be specified by the Live
took Commission, giving the
,utcher's or peddler's name, the
,lace of business, the serial mum
Ter on the metal tag attached to
he hide, the brand or brands on
he hide, the date of inspection,
nd the place where the inspect
was made. The officer max
ng such inspection shall forward
copy of all inspection certifi-
ates to the Secretary OF the Live
took Commission at Helena, and
o the county clerk of the county