Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1916 — Here In Interest of Stallion Enrollment Law. [ARTICLE]

Here In Interest of Stallion Enrollment Law.

C. W. Hickman, Jr, has been in the county this week as a representative of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board. An act passed in 1913 makes it unlawful to offer or use for public service any stallion or jack not enrolled by said board. The board verifies pedigrees or certificates of registry, inspects certificates of soundness of stallions for which enrollment is sought. Having done so the bdhrtT issues a certificate setting forth clearly the breeding and spundnew of said stallion. The owner is required to have posted outside the bam where his stallion is kept and also upon the stall a porter which will give exactly the same information as is upon the certificate of enrollment. This is a big measure of protection to the mare owner. ‘

The Indiana ' Stallion Enrollment law contains as strong a lien clause as has ever been enacted. By complying with the law and all its requirements the stallion owner has absolute protection against sale of the mare without his written consent. He has an absolute lien upon the offspring which may be sold if necessary to pay the service fee. Should any man sell a mare without obtaining the written consent of the owner of the stallion the service fee immediately becomes due. Furthermore it is a criminal offense and the man making the sale is liable to fine dr imprisonment. . . ■ OS

Should the stallion owner not secure enrollment or should he in any way violate the law in his advertising or otherwise it is not required that the mare owner pay the service fee because the lien clause begins with the words: “Having complied with the provisions of this act,” There are very severe penalties for violation of this act. There is provided for each offense a fine of from $lO to S2OO or imprisonment not to exceed sixty days. Mr. Hickman informs us that the law is intended primarily to aid in horse improvement. Twenty other states now have enrollment laws similar to the one in force in Indiana. It is very much in favor over the state. Benefits are seen everywhere. He says that the outlook for good horses is splendid. Our state should produce the best horses and mules in the world.