§4-251. Duties of parties butchering stock or purchasing hides -

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Records - Retention of hides for inspection - Violations of provisions - Penalties.

All parties butchering stock or purchasing hides or pelts, in the state, shall be required to keep a record of the marks, brands, color, from whom purchased, and by the party butchering, the sex and age. They shall be required to keep all hides together, with horns and ears complete, for at least five

(5)days from the time of

butchering the same during the months of May, June, July, August, September and October, and, during the remaining months of the year, ten

(10)days, said hides to be free for inspection to anyone wishing to see the same. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in any sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten

(10)days nor more than six

(6)months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. R.L.1910, § 186.