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THE LAW 
 
 REGULATING THE 
 
 PUBLIC SERVICE OF 
 STALLIONS 
 
 IN ILLINOIS 
 
 AND ESTABLISHING A 
 
 Stallion Registration Board 
 
 In Fore© January 1st, 1910 
 
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THE LAW 
 
 REGULATING THE 
 
 PUBLIC SERVICE OF 
 STALLIONS 
 
 IN ILLINOIS 
 
 AND ESTABLISHING A 
 
 Stallion Registration Board 
 
 / ' ''.■♦ 
 
 In Porce Janxaary 1st, 1910 
 

 JUm 
 
 D. of D. 
 DEC 1 t9ir 
 
THE LAW 
 
 '^ An act to regulate the puUic service of Stal- 
 lions in Illinois. 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the 
 
 i State of Illinois, represented in the General 
 Assemhly: Every person, firm or company 
 standing or offering any stallion for public 
 
 - service in this State shall cause the name, de- 
 scription, and pedigree of such stallion to be 
 enrolled by a stallion registration board herein- 
 after provided for and secure a license from 
 said board, as provided in Section 3 of this 
 Act. All enrollment and verification of pedi- 
 gree shall be done in the office of the Secretary 
 of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. All 
 license certificates for stallions issued under this 
 Act shall thereupon be presented to and re- 
 corded by the register of the deeds of the county 
 or counties in which said stalllion is used for 
 public service. 
 
 >5 2. In order to carry out the provisions of 
 this Act, there shall be constituted a Stallion 
 R^gistration Board, whose duty it shall be to 
 verify and register pedigrees; to pass upon 
 certificates of veterinary examination; to pro- 
 vide, when necessary, for veterinary inspection; 
 to issue stallion license certificates; to make 
 all necessary rules and regulations; and to 
 perform such other duties as may be necessary 
 to carry out and enforce the provisions of this 
 Act. Said board shall hoild meetings at the 
 office • of the Secretary of the Illinois State 
 Board of Agriculture the first Tuesday and 
 subsequent days of February, May, August and 
 November of each year, and such other meet- 
 ings as may be necessary. 
 
 The Stallion Registration Board shall be 
 composed of five members, consisting of the 
 Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Agri- 
 
culture, who shall be, e.r-officio, secretary and 
 executive officer of this Board; the State Vete- 
 rinarian, who is a member of the State Board 
 of Live Stock 'Commissioners; the President 
 and Secretary of the Illinois Horse Breeders' 
 Association, who shall not be one and the same 
 person; and the President of the Illinois Farm- 
 ers' Institute. 
 
 §3. In order to obtain the license certificate 
 herein provided for, the owner of each stallion 
 shall iforward an affidavit signed by a licensed 
 veterinarian to the effect that he has personally 
 examined such stallion and that to the best of 
 "his knowledge and belief said stallion is free 
 from hereditary, infectious, contagious, or trans- 
 missible disease or unsoundness. The owner of 
 said stallion shall also furnish to the Stallion 
 Registration Board the stud book certificate of 
 legistry of the pedigree of the said stallion 
 when said stallion is registered, and all other 
 necessary papers relative to his breeding and 
 ownership. Upon verification of pedigree ami 
 certificate of breeding (in case of pure bred 
 stallions) and receipt of veterinarian's affidavit, 
 as provided for in this Act, a license certificat<i 
 shalll be issued to the owner. 
 
 § 4. The presence of any one of the following 
 named diseases shall disqualify a stallion for 
 public service and the inspecting veterinarian 
 is hereby cfuly authorized to refuse to give an 
 affidavit of soundness to the owner of such 
 stallions affected with any one or more of th-^ 
 diseases herein specified in a transmissible or 
 hereditary form, and the inspecting veterinarian 
 shall so report the same to the Secretary of th; 
 Stallion Registration Board: 
 
 Periodic ophthalmia (moon blindness); bonD 
 spavin; ringbone; bog spavin; curb when ac- 
 companied with curby formation of hock; oi' 
 any contagious or infectious disease. 
 
§ 5. Tihe Stallion Registration Board shall 
 make and keep records of all stallions enrolled 
 in the State of Illinois, said stallions to be 
 enrolled as "pure bred," "cross bred," or 
 "grade," according as the facts may have been 
 determined. Upon making the enroWment of 
 said stallion the Stallion Registration Board 
 shall issue the above said license. 
 
 The Stallion Registration Board is authorized 
 in cases of emergency to grant temporary 
 license certificates without veterinary examina- 
 tions, upon receipt of an affidavit of the owner 
 to the effect that to the best of his knowledge 
 and belief said horse is free from infectious, 
 contagious or transmissible disease or unsound- 
 ness. Temporary license certificate shall be 
 vallid only until veterinary examination can 
 reasonably be made. 
 
 § 6. The owner of any stallion used for pub- 
 lic service in this State shall post and keep 
 affixed, during the entire breeding season, 
 copies of the license certificate of such stallion, 
 issued under the provisions of this Act, in a 
 conspicuous place, both within and upon the 
 outside of the main door leading to every stable 
 or building where the said stallion is used for 
 public service. 
 
 Each biW and poster and each newspaper ad- 
 vertisement shall show the enroll'-nent certifi- 
 cate number and state whether it reads "pure- 
 bred, grade or cross bred." 
 
 S 7. Tihe license certificate issued for a stal- 
 lion whose sire and dam are of pure breeding 
 and the pedigree of which is registered in a 
 stud book recognized by the United States De- 
 partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 
 an Act regulating the importation of breeding 
 animals, approved March 3, 1903, shall be In 
 the following form: 
 
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 Illinois Stallion Registration Board 
 
 Certificate of Pure-Bred Stallion No 
 
 The pedigree of the stallion (name) 
 
 Owned by 
 
 Bred by 
 
 Described as follows: 
 
 Color Breed 
 
 Foaled in the year , has been duly 
 
 examined, and it is hereby certified that the 
 
 said stallion is registered as number 
 
 in stud book, said 
 
 stud book being recognized and certified to by 
 the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, 
 Washington, D. C. The above named stallion 
 
 has been examined by 
 
 veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- 
 fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease 
 or unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for 
 public service in the State of Illinois. 
 
 This license expires on 19 ... . 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Secretary Illinois State Board of 
 Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
 tration Board. 
 
 Date 19 
 
 The license certificate issued for a grade 
 stallion, whose sire or dam is not pure-bred, 
 shall "be in the following form: 
 
 Illinois Stallion Registration Board 
 
 Certificate of Grade Stallion No. . 
 The pedigree of the sta'Jlion (name) 
 
 Owned by 
 
 Bred by 
 
 Described as follows; 
 
Color 
 
 Foaled in the year has been duly ex- 
 amined, and it is hereby certified that the said 
 stallion is not of pure breeding and is, therefore, 
 not eligible for regristration in any stud book 
 recognized and certified to by the Secretary of 
 the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
 D, C. The above named stallion has been ex- 
 amined by ,. 
 
 veterinarian, and is reported as free from in- 
 fectious, contagious, or transmissible disease or 
 unsoundness, and is licensed to stand for public 
 service in the State of Illinois. 
 
 This license expires on 19 ... . 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Secretary Illinois State Board of 
 Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
 tration Board. 
 
 Date 19 
 
 The license certificate issued for a stallion 
 whose sire and darn are pure-bred, but not of 
 the same breed, shall be in the following form: 
 
 Illinois Stallion Regfistration Board 
 
 Certificate of Cross-Bred Stallion No 
 
 The pedigree of the stallion (name) 
 
 Owned by 
 
 Bred by 
 
 Described as follows: 
 
 Color 
 
 Foaled in the year , has been duly 
 
 examined, and it is found that his sire is regis- 
 tered in the stud 
 
 book as number and 'his dam in 
 
 the stud book 
 
 as number , volume 
 
 and page 
 
 Such being the case, the said stallion is not 
 eligible for registration in any stud book recog- 
 
nized and certified to by the Secretary of the 
 Department of Ag-riculture, Washing-ton, D. C. 
 The above named stallion has been examined 
 
 by veterinarian, 
 
 and is reported as free from infectious, con- 
 tagious, or transmissible disease or unsound- 
 ness, and is licensed to stand for public service 
 in the State of I'llinois. 
 
 This license expires on 19. . . . 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 Secretary Illinois State Board of 
 Agriculture and Stallion Regis- 
 tration Board. 
 Date 19 
 
 § 8. Fi-^ES.l A fee of $2.00 shall be paid to 
 the Secretary of the Illinois Stallion Registra- 
 tion Board for the examination and enrollment 
 of each station pedigree and for issuance of a 
 license certificate in accordance witih the breed- 
 ing of the stallion as above provided, which 
 shall be good for a period of one year, and to 
 can-y out the provisions of this Act. The fee 
 shall be paid to the Secretary of the Illinois 
 Stallion Registration Board at the time the 
 application is made for enrollment. 
 
 Upon a transfer of the ownership of any 
 stallion enrolled under the provisions of this 
 Act, the certificate of enrollment may be trans- 
 ferred to the transferee by the Secretary of 
 the Illinois Stallion Registration Board upon 
 submittal of .satisfactory proof of such transfer 
 (»f ownership and upon payment of a fee of 
 fifty cents. A fee of .$1.00 .shall be paid an- 
 nually for the renewal of a license certificate. 
 
 § 9. Kvery stallion passing inspection shall 
 be exempt fr.om further inspection, unless from 
 later (level<)pm<iits it becomes kmrnn, and a 
 (•«»mplaint i.s filed. cortifie<l to by three men, 
 
one of whom shall be a licensed veterinarian, 
 that said stallion ihas some hereditary, con- 
 tagious or infectious disease, which was not 
 evident at the time of previous inspection. 
 When sucih complaint is made and a request 
 for inspection is asked for such complaint shall 
 be filed with the Secretary of the Illinois Stal- 
 lion Registration Board, who shall have another 
 examination made. If such complaint is veri- 
 fied it shall be so reported to the secretary, w!ho 
 shall revoke the license in force: Provided, that 
 the owner of any stallion used for public service 
 in this State shall have a lien'on all colts sired 
 by said stallion for the service fee for a period 
 of one year from the date of the foaling of said 
 colt. 
 
 § 10. Violation of any of the provisions of 
 this Act shall be punished by a fine of not less 
 than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and not ex- 
 ceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each 
 offense. 
 
 § 11. The funds accruing from the above 
 named fees shall be used by the Stallion Regis- 
 tration Board to defray the expenses of en- 
 rollment of pedigrees and issuance of licenses; 
 to provide for the examination of stallions when 
 necessary; to publi.sih reports or bulletins con- 
 taining lists of stallions examined, which shall 
 be not less than every two years; to encourage 
 the horse breeding interests of this State; to 
 disseminate information pertaining to horse 
 breeding, and for any other such purposes as 
 may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
 and enforce the provisions of this Act. Each 
 member of the above committee, excepting the 
 Secretary, shall receive five dollars ($5.00) per 
 day for each day actually employed under the 
 provisions of this Act, together with his travel- 
 ing expenses; the Secretary shall receive for 
 his services an amount agreed upon by the 
 Board; 
 
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 It shall be the duty of the above said Stallion 
 Registration Board to make an annual report, 
 including financial statement, to the Governor 
 of the State, and to enforce this law. All 
 financial records of said Board shall be subject 
 to inspection at any time by a public examiner, 
 
 § 12. This act shall take effect and be in 
 force en and after January 1, 1910. 
 Approved June 10, 1909. 
 
 Stallion Registration Board 
 
 S. NouLE King, ------- President 
 
 Blooming-ton, 111. 
 Theodore Smith, ----- Vice-President 
 
 Auburn, III. 
 J. P, Mason, ______ Treasurer 
 
 Elgin, 111. 
 Dr. J. M. Wright, - - - Field Superintendent 
 
 1827 Wal)ash Ave.. Chicago, 111. 
 J. K. DiCKiRSON, ------ Secretary 
 
 Springfield, 111. 
 
 All communications should be addressed to 
 the Secretary at Springfield, 111. 
 
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