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MT Code § 81-3-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 1. Recording of Marks and Brands|81-3-106. Publication of notice of rerecording brands

  81-3-106. Publication of notice of rerecording brands. Between January 1 and June 30 in each rerecording year, the department shall publish, in at least one issue of at least one newspaper of general circulation in each county of this state in which a newspaper is published, a notice to the effect that the year is a year for rerecording marks and brands and that no mark or brand continues of record unless rerecorded. The department shall also mail to each person in whose name a mark or brand stands of record a similar notice addressed to the person at the person's post-office address as shown by the records in the department.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 144, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3305, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3305, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 94, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-607; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 6, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 2638, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-3-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 1. Recording of Marks and Brands|81-3-107. Fees for department -- deposit requirements

  81-3-107. Fees for department -- deposit requirements. (1) The department shall establish, charge, and collect a fee for recording a new mark or brand, for recording a mark or brand transfer, or for rerecording a mark or brand. The department shall establish and charge a fee for providing a certified copy of a record and a duplicate certificate. The department may upon request research mark or brand histories and may charge a fee of up to $50 for each mark or brand, based on time involved in research. All fees collected must be paid into the state special revenue fund for the use of the department. However, not more than 10% of the net rerecording fees after all expenses of rerecording are paid may be expended in any 1 year except in case of an emergency declared by the governor or the board.   (2) Money collected as fees under subsection (1) is subject to the deposit requirements of 17-6-105(6) unless the department has submitted and received approval for a modified deposit schedule pursuant to 17-6-105(8).   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 144, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3307, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1929; re-en. Sec. 3307, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 109, L. 1949; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 65, L. 1959; amd. Sec. 90, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 13, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 95, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 10, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-609; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 34, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 444, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 14, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 420, L. 2007.
MT Code § 81-3-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 1. Recording of Marks and Brands|81-3-108. Penalty

  81-3-108. Penalty. A person violating any provision of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not to exceed 1 year, or both.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 144, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3306, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3306, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-608; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 6, L. 1991.
MT Code § 81-3-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-201. Definitions

  81-3-201. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Deputy state stock inspector" means a person designated by the department as a deputy state stock inspector who does not receive a salary or compensation from the department.   (2) "Feedlot" means a confined livestock feeding operation where the owner or operator of the feedlot feeds livestock belonging to others for a fee.   (3) "Livestock" means a bovine animal, domestic bison, horse, mule, or ass, regardless of its age or sex.   (4) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, firm, or entity not enumerated that is capable of owning or controlling livestock.   (5) "Specially qualified deputy stock inspector" means a deputy state stock inspector who has been certified by the department, under rules adopted pursuant to 81-3-202, as qualified to conduct an inspection for a permanent transportation permit for a saddle, work, or show horse.   (6) "State stock inspector" means an employee of the department of livestock designated by the department as a state stock inspector.   History: (1), (3) thru (5)En. Sec. 103, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 41, L. 1977; Sec. 46-801.1, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 1, Ch. 32, L. 1974; Sec. 46-239.1, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 46-239.1, 46-801.1; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 298, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 6, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 30, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 417, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 376, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 403, L. 2011.
MT Code § 81-3-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-202. Rules

  81-3-202. Rules. The department may adopt rules necessary to carry out this part.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 59, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 184, L. 1953; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 142, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 35, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 149, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 247, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 312, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-802(5).
MT Code § 81-3-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-204. Seizure of livestock -- retention of livestock -- sale -- disposal of proceeds

  81-3-204. Seizure of livestock -- retention of livestock -- sale -- disposal of proceeds. (1) All state stock inspectors inspecting any livestock before or after shipment or removal from any county in this state, upon a change of ownership, or at the preslaughter inspection at a licensed slaughterhouse may inspect and seize either at the point of sale, shipment, destination, or slaughter or en route any livestock or proceeds from livestock that the inspector believes are stolen or upon which brands have been altered or obliterated or that does not conform to the description contained on the tally sheet furnished by the shipper or to the description contained in any certificate of inspection or release issued before shipment or removal of the livestock.   (2) Upon taking possession of livestock under this section, a state stock inspector may retain the livestock in the inspector's possession for 15 days to make further investigation relative to its ownership. A state stock inspector may either at once or at any time within 15 days sell the livestock at a licensed livestock market or in the open market for the best available price and remit the proceeds, less the cost of keeping and sale, to the department together with a full description of the livestock sold, giving marks and brands, if any, and a statement of the reason for the seizure and sale. The proceeds must be deposited by the department with the state treasurer and credited to the department fund, where it is subject to claim by the owner of the livestock in the same manner and for the same length of time as is provided by law for the making of claims for moneys arising from the sale of stray stock.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 59, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 108, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 149, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 247, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 107, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 482, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-803; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 235, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2640, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-3-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-206. Commissioners to designate places for loading livestock for inspection

  81-3-206. Commissioners to designate places for loading livestock for inspection. The board of county commissioners must, at the request of the department, designate within their respective counties certain convenient places and provide suitable facilities for unloading and loading of livestock for inspection purposes.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 74, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 211, L. 1947; amd. Sec. 101, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-709.
MT Code § 81-3-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-207. through 81-3-209 reserved

  81-3-207 through 81-3-209 reserved.
MT Code § 81-3-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-210. Bill of sale required to prove ownership

  81-3-210. Bill of sale required to prove ownership. (1) A bill of sale signed by the seller and adequately describing the livestock sold must be presented to the livestock inspector whenever the change of ownership inspection required by 81-3-211 is made or whenever a buyer of livestock requests a county-line or state-line inspection for livestock. The bill of sale shall be in a form prescribed by the department and shall be taken up by the department with the certificate of inspection acting as a receipt.   (2) The department shall establish, charge, and receive a fee for each copy of a bill of sale requested after the original bill of sale has been taken up. Fees so received shall be paid to the department for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the state special revenue fund for the use of the department.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 444, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-3-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-212. Exceptions

  81-3-212. Exceptions. Section 81-3-211 does not apply to livestock:   (1) being transported through the state in interstate commerce without leaving the custody of the carrier;   (2) when driven on the hoof and not moved by means of any motor vehicle, trailer, horse-drawn vehicle, or boat by the owner from one county to an adjoining county within the state onto land owned or controlled by the owner of livestock so moved for the purpose of pasturing, feeding, or changing the range thereof;   (3) when driven on the hoof or moved by means of a motor vehicle, trailer, horse-drawn vehicle, or boat by the owner from one county to an adjoining county within this state onto land owned or controlled by the owner of livestock without leaving land owned or controlled by the owner when moved for the purpose of pasturing, feeding, or changing the range thereof;   (4) when driven on the hoof from one county to an adjoining county within this state for the purpose of delivery to a licensed public market by a person who has been the owner of that livestock for a period of at least 3 months;   (5) from one county to be consigned to, and which actually reaches, a licensed livestock market located in another county of the state at which the department regularly maintains a stock inspector and for which a market consignment permit has been obtained in a manner provided by law;   (6) being transported to a veterinarian for health treatment and returned to their original premises if certification of treatment by the attending veterinarian accompanies the livestock on their return.   History: En. 46-801.3 by Sec. 104, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-801.3; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 166, L. 1989.
MT Code § 81-3-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-213. Inspection of livestock removed from state

  81-3-213. Inspection of livestock removed from state. Except as provided for in 81-3-212(1) and 81-3-211(4) and (6)(b), nothing contained in this part authorizes or permits a person to remove or cause to be removed livestock from this state to a location outside of this state unless the livestock has been inspected for brands by a state stock inspector or deputy state stock inspector and a certificate for the inspection has been issued in connection with and for the purpose of the transportation or removal as provided in this part.   History: En. 46-801.4 by Sec. 105, Ch. 310, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 482, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-801.4; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 235, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 166, L. 1989.
MT Code § 81-3-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-214. Repealed

  81-3-214. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, L. 2009.   History: En. 46-801.5 by Sec. 2, Ch. 41, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-801.5; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 444, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 166, L. 1989.
MT Code § 81-3-215 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-215. Inspection of dead animals in feedlots

  81-3-215. Inspection of dead animals in feedlots. When a stock animal dies in a feedlot, the feedlot operator shall notify the board of livestock or its representative of the death. The operator may not dispose of the carcass until a livestock inspector has observed it and determined the brand of the owner of the animal. A livestock inspector observing a dead stock animal pursuant to this section shall, within 48 hours, send written notification to the owner of the animal.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 32, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-239.2.
MT Code § 81-3-216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-216. Repealed

  81-3-216. Repealed. Sec. 29, Ch. 444, L. 1983.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 162, L. 1979.
MT Code § 81-3-217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-217. through 81-3-220 reserved

  81-3-217 through 81-3-220 reserved.
MT Code § 81-3-221 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-221. Brands fraudulently changed

  81-3-221. Brands fraudulently changed. Whenever a mark or brand upon any neat cattle, horse, or other animal has been fraudulently altered, obliterated, or defaced so that the original mark or brand cannot be determined through the external inspection thereof, any stock inspector or sheriff may seize and kill the animal to ascertain the mark or brand so altered or defaced. Payment equal to the fair market value of the live animal shall be made after proper ownership is determined.   History: En. Sec. 2974, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1801, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3314, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3314, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-706.
MT Code § 81-3-222 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-222. Compensation for animals killed

  81-3-222. Compensation for animals killed. The value of the animal taken and killed shall be determined by three disinterested parties living in the vicinity where the animal is seized. The amount of money awarded to the owner is full compensation for the loss of the animal. All money disbursed under this section shall be paid out of the department's funds in the state special revenue fund, and whenever possible the dead bodies of the animals killed shall be disposed of for cash and the proceeds turned into the fund.   History: En. Sec. 2975, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1802, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3315, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3315, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 92, Ch. 147, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 100, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-707; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983.
MT Code § 81-3-223 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-223. Action by dissatisfied owner -- costs

  81-3-223. Action by dissatisfied owner -- costs. If the owner of the animal seized and killed under this part is dissatisfied with the valuation made, the owner may maintain an action against the department or, if the animal is seized by a sheriff, against that sheriff's county, and if the owner fails to recover damages in any greater amount than that allowed under 81-3-222, the owner shall bear all costs that may be incurred in the maintenance of the action.   History: En. Sec. 2976, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 1803, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3316, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3316, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 15, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-708; amd. Sec. 2643, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-3-224 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-224. through 81-3-230 reserved

  81-3-224 through 81-3-230 reserved.
MT Code § 81-3-232 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-232. Penalty for noninspection of dead animal in feedlot

  81-3-232. Penalty for noninspection of dead animal in feedlot. A feedlot operator who violates 81-3-215 is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than 6 months or a fine of not more than $500, or both.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 32, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-239.3.
MT Code § 81-3-233 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 3. Marks and Brands|Part 2. Inspection of Marks and Brands|81-3-233. Penalty for removal of livestock from state without inspection -- exception

  81-3-233. Penalty for removal of livestock from state without inspection -- exception. A person, other than the owner or the owner's agent or employee, who, without consent of the owner, removes or causes to be removed from this state any cow, ox, bull, stag, calf, steer, heifer, horse, mule, mare, colt, foal, or filly without having the animal inspected when inspection is required by law is guilty of a felony and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000, by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not more than 3 years, or by both. The provisions of this section do not apply to a person who removes from this state an animal specified by this section for the purpose of obtaining emergency treatment for the animal by a licensed veterinarian.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 173, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 12, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 46-808; amd. Sec. 2645, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-4-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock|Part 1. Fences|81-4-101. Legal fences defined

  81-4-101. Legal fences defined. Except as provided in subsections (2) and (7), a legal fence must be at least 42 inches but not more than 48 inches in height. The following are legal fences in Montana:   (1) fences constructed of at least three barbed, horizontal, well-stretched wires, the lowest of which is not less than 15 inches or more than 18 inches from the ground, securely fastened as nearly equidistant as possible to substantial posts firmly set in the ground or to well-supported leaning posts not exceeding 20 feet apart or 33 feet apart where two or more stays or pickets are used equidistant between posts;   (2) (a) corral fences that are used exclusively for the purposes of enclosing stacks situated outside of any lawful enclosure and that:   (i) are not less than 16 feet from the enclosed stack;   (ii) are substantially built with posts not more than 8 feet distant from each other; and   (iii) consist of at least five strands of well-stretched barbed wire not less than 5 or more than 6 feet high;   (b) a fence as effectual for the purpose of a corral fence as the type described in subsection (2)(a);   (3) fences constructed of any standard woven wire, securely fastened to substantial posts not more than 30 feet apart, with two equidistant barbed wires placed above the woven wire;   (4) other fences made of barbed wire, which must be as strong and as well calculated to protect enclosures as those in subsections (1) through (3);   (5) fences consisting of four boards, rails, or poles with standing or leaning posts not over 17 feet and 6 inches apart and, if leaning posts are used, a pole or wire fastened securely on the inside of the leg or support of each leaning post;   (6) electric fences that:   (a) consist of at least three tightly stretched strands of at least 12.5 gauge, high-tensile steel or its equivalent;   (b) are strung by sufficient posts set firmly in the ground not more than an average distance of 50 feet apart along the full span;   (c) are charged with a standard charger with an output of at least 0.5 joule and with sufficient energy for the entirety of the fence; and   (d) are regularly maintained by the fence owner to ensure the fence is operable;   (7) rivers, hedges, mountain ridges and bluffs, or other barriers over or through which it is impossible for stock to pass; and   (8) any legal fence listed in subsections (1) through (5) or (7) that also includes at least one strand of electrified wire.   History: En. Sec. 1, p. 46, L. 1881; amd. Sec. 1, p. 76, L. 1885; amd. Sec. 1111, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 3250, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, p. 139, L. 1901; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 37, L. 1905; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 64, L. 1913; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 163, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 3374, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3374, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1401; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 249, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 135, L. 2017.
MT Code § 81-4-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock|Part 1. Fences|81-4-102. Construction of auto pass not to deprive legal fence of character

  81-4-102. Construction of auto pass not to deprive legal fence of character. There may be maintained in a legal fence a pass so constructed that automobiles and trucks may pass over the same and which will prevent the passage of livestock across said opening without depriving such fence of the character of a legal fence under the laws of this state.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 153, L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4486.3, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-1129.
MT Code § 81-4-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock|Part 1. Fences|81-4-103. Civil liability

  81-4-103. Civil liability. Any person constructing or maintaining any fence of any kind not described in 81-4-101 is liable in a civil action for all damages caused by reason of injury to stock resulting from such defective fence.   History: En. Secs. 1112 to 1120, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3251, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2083, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3375, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3375, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1402.
MT Code § 81-4-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock|Part 1. Fences|81-4-104. Barbed wire fences to be kept in repair

  81-4-104. Barbed wire fences to be kept in repair. The owners of barbed wire fences shall keep the same in repair, and a person who receives notice in writing that the person's barbed wire fence or any part of the fence is down or in such condition as to be likely to injure any livestock and who fails or refuses to repair the fence is liable to pay damages in an amount equal to the value of any cattle, horses, mules, or other domestic animals that may be injured by coming into contact with the fence.   History: En. Secs. 1112 to 1120, 5th Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3252, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 2084, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 3376, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3376, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1403; amd. Sec. 2646, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 81-4-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 81. Livestock|Chapter 4. Containment of Livestock|Part 1. Fences|81-4-105. Fallen wire fencing declared nuisance -- abatement

  81-4-105. Fallen wire fencing declared nuisance -- abatement. All barbed wire and other wire fencing which has sagged or fallen to the ground so as to be ineffectual for the purpose of turning stock and a menace to any person riding or walking over the same is declared to be a public nuisance and subject to abatement in the manner hereinafter provided.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 84, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 3376.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1404.