§ 6. Nontransferable. No license issued under the provisions hereof shall be transferable. § 7. Criers. Every auctioneer to whom there has been issued a license under the provisions thereof may employ criers or other assistants for the purpose of conducting sales, and shall be responsible for their acts. § 8. Forfeiture of license. Any licensee under the provisions of this act who shall be convicted in any court of this state of any offense involving fraud, misrepresentation or deceit, or against whom any judg ment shall be entered whereby it shall be adjudged that said licensee has committed any fraud, misrepresentation or practiced any deceit, shall, upon such conviction or the final entry of such judgment, forfeit his license, and the same shall not be renewed or any new license issued to such licensee under the provisions hereof within the period of two years thereafter. § 9. Penalty for not having license. Any person who conducts any sale of livestock at public auction in this state without having a license so to do issued either to such person or to the firm or corporation which he represents in making such sale, as herein required, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not less than ten days or more than one hundred days, or by both such fine and imprison. ment. § 10. Sales excepted. Sales of livestock by a sheriff, a constable, or any public official of the United States or of the State of California, or of any county, city and county, township, or other political subdivision of this state, in the course of official duty, are excepted from the provisions of this act. § 11. Repealed. All acts and laws in conflict herewith are to the extent of such conflict hereby repealed. АСТ 374. An act to prevent tampering with animals, and to prevent the giving or administering of poison or drugs to horses, cattle, dogs, animals, and other livestock, except for medicinal purposes, and making the same a misdemeanor. [Approved March 23, 1901; Stats. 1901, p. 553.] Unlawful administering of drugs to animals on exhibition. § 1. § 2. § 1. Unlawful administering of drugs to animals on exhibition. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, except for medicinal purposes, to administer any poison, drug, medicine, or other noxious substance, to any horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, colt, filly, dog, animals, or other livestock, entered or about to be entered in any race or upon any race-course in the state of Cali fornia, or entered or about to be entered at or with any agricultural park, or association, race-course, or corporation, or other exhibition for competition for prize, reward, purse, premium, stake, sweepstakes, or, other reward, or to expose any such poison, drug, medicine, or noxious substance, with intent that the same shall be taken, inhaled, swallowed, or otherwise received by any horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, colt, filly, dog, animal, or other livestock, with intent to impede or affect the speed, endurance, sense, health, physical condition, or other character or quality of such above-mentioned animal, or other livestock. §2. Same. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to cause to be taken by or placed upon or in the body of any horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, colt, filly, dog, animal, or other livestock, entered or about to be entered in any race upon any race-course in the state of California, or entered or about to be entered at or with any agricultural park, association, race-course, or corporation, or other exhibition for competition for prize, reward, purse, premium, stake, sweepstakes, or other reward, any sponge, wood, or foreign substance of any kind, with intent to impede or affect the speed, endurance, sense, health, physical condition, of such horse, stud, mule, ass, mare, horned cattle, neat cattle, gelding, colt, filly, dog, animal or other livestock. §3. Penalty. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the provisions of sections one or two of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. § 4. Conflicting acts repealed. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. § 5. Act takes effect when. This act shall take effect immediately. ACT 375. An act providing for the control and the destruction of predatory animals, vesting in the state commissioner of horticulture the administration of the provisions hereof, and defining his powers and duties in relation thereto. [Approved May 2, 1919. Stats. 1919, p. 178. In effect July 22, 1919.] See next aet. $1. Control of predatory animals. $2. Predatory animal fund. 3. Study and report on control measure. §1. Control of predatory animals. The state commissioner of horti culture is hereby directed to investigate reports of the depredations occasioned by predatory animals, to assist in instituting control measures in localities where depredations are known to be serious and cooperate with county board of supervisors. He may co-operate with the bureau of biological survey of the United States department of agriculture, and may enter into contracts with said bureau, determining the method of such co-operation, establishing uniform control methods, and governing the supervision of all persons employed in such work. §2. Predatory animal fund. The state commissioner of horticulture is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the state donations of money from individuals, àssociations, corporations, county boards of supervisors, and other agencies interested in the control of coyotes and other harmful predatory animals, all such moneys to be paid into the state treasury and credited to the predatory animal fund which is hereby created to be expended only in the control of coyotes and other harmful predatory animals in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by the state commissioner of horticulture acting by and through the rodent control division of his office. Moneys thus made available by any county board of supervisors shall be expended solely within the boundaries of the county making the appropriation, unless otherwise authorized by the supervisors of that county. § 3. Study and report on control measures. The state commissioner of horticulture is hereby directed to investigate and make a study of control measures and of existing laws of this and other states providing for the control and destruction of predatory animals, and to prepare a report, accompanied by a draft of such legislative measures as he may recommend to the legislature for adoption. Such report shall be printed by the superintendent of state printing, and shall be submitted to the governor on or before the first day of November in the year 1920, and shall be presented by him to the legislature at the opening of the fortyfourth session. ACT 376. An act providing for the control and destruction of predatory wild animals, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing acts authorizing the payment of bounties on such animals. [Approved June 3, 1921. Stats. 1921, p. 1258. In effect August 2, 1921.] § 1. Control of predatory wild animals. The state director of agriculture may employ hunters and expert trappers throughout the state of California for the purpose of controlling and eradicating coyotes and other harmful predatory animals. For the purpose of carrying on this work he may enter into contracts with the bureau of biological survey of the United States department of agriculture in order to enlist the support of the federal government, and to prescribe the manner, terms, and conditions of such co-operation for the seventy-third and seventy-fourth fiscal years. § 2. Appropriation. Out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to carry out the purposes of this act. § 3. Acceptance of donations. The director of agriculture is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the state donations of money from individuals, associations, corporations, county boards of supervisors, and other agencies interested in the control of coyotes and other harmful predatory animals, all such moneys to be paid into the state treasury and credited to the predatory animal control fund, which fund is hereby created, to be expended only in the control of coyotes and other harmful predatory animals in accordance with the terms and conditions fixed by the director of agriculture. Moneys thus made available by any county board of supervisors shall be expended solely within the boundaries of the county making the appropriation, unless otherwise authorized by the supervisors of that county. All donations made by individuals, assoelations or corporations shall be applied to the particular locality in one or more counties where such donors are interested unless said donors specifically consent to its use in other localities. § 4. Acts repealed. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith which authorize the payment of bounties on coyotes and other harmful predatory animals are hereby repealed; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to repeal any provision of law authorizing the payment of bounties on mountain lions. ACT 377. To encourage the destruction of wild animals in the different counties of the state, and authorizing the board of supervisors of each of said counties to fix and determine the bounty for the destruction of the same. [Approved March 15, 1883. Stats. 1883, p. 368.] Superseded by subd. 26, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 465. See post, Act 1864. ACT 378. Destruction of squirrels and gophers. [Stats. 1869-70, p. 316.] Amended 1871-72, p. 474; 1871-72, p. 532. It was repealed as to certain counties by Stats. 1871-72, p. 18; Stats. 1871-72, p. 834; and Stats. 1875-76, p. 513. It applied to Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Stanislaus, Merced, San Joaquin, and Yolo counties. It was repealed as to Stanislaus County by act of 1875-76, p. 513; as to Alameda County by act of 1871-72, p. 18; amended as to Contra Costa County by the act of 187172, p. 834. Superseded by subd. 26, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 465. See post, Act 1864. ACT 379. Squirrels, destruction of. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 143.] Amended 1875-76, p. 637, and made applicable to San Luis Obispo. Superseded by subd. 26, § 25, County Government Act, 1897, p. 465. See post, Act 1864. This act related to Stanislaus, Santa Cruz, San Joaquin, Merced, Fresno, San Benito, Tulare, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Monterey, and Kern counties. ACT 380. To encourage destruction of squirrels, gophers or other wild animals, in counties of Los Angeles, Napa, Merced, San Bernardino, and Santa Cruz. [Stats. 1871-72, p. 92.] Repealed as to Los Angeles, 1873-74, p. 34; as to Santa Cruz, 1873-74, p. 129; as to San Bernardino, 1873-74, p. 691; as to Napa, 1877-78, p. 569; in toto, 1880, p. 108. ACT 381. Destruction of certain wild animals. [Stats. 1875-76, p. 533.] This act provided for bounties for the destruction of certain wild animals in the counties of Mendocino, Del Norte, Humboldt, Placer, Lake, San Luis Obispo, and Colusa. ACT 382. To prevent the stealing of dogs. [Stats. 1860, p. 70.] ACT 383. To protect sheep and Cashmere and Angora goats against ravages of dogs. [Stats. 1865-66, p. 225.] Superseded in part by Civil Code, § 3341, and probably not in force. ACT 384. An act to restrict the running of dogs at large; to protect livestock from depredations of dogs; to provide for the issuance of dog license tags by counties, and the disposition of funds received as fees therefor; making the violation of the provisions of this act a misdemeanor and providing penalties therefor, and providing for the collection of damages by owners of livestock injured by dogs. [Approved June 3, 1921. Stats. 1921, p. 1306. In effect August 2, 1921.] Dog tax or license. § 1. § 2. Female dogs. § 1. Dog tag or license. It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any dog owned, harbored or controlled by him, to run at large unless said dog has attached to his neck a substantial collar on which is fastened a metallic tag giving the name and address of the owner of such dog, or a metal license tag issued by the authority of a county, city and county or other municipal corporation, for the purpose of identifying such dog and designating the owner thereof. § 2. Female dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any female dog owned, harbored or controlled by him, to run at large at any time during the period when such dog is in heat or breeding condition. § 3. Running at large on farm. It shall be unlawful for any person to suffer or permit any dog owned, harbored or controlled by him to run at large on any farm whereon livestock or domestic fowls are kept, without the consent of the owner thereof; provided, that nothing herein |