81-9-111. Hide certificates -- inspection of hides before disposal -- person slaughtering cattle to exhibit hides. (1) Every person or persons, firm, corporation, or association slaughtering cattle for its own use must before selling, destroying, or otherwise disposing of the hide or hides from such cattle have the same inspected by an officer authorized to make such inspection and secure a certificate of inspection as herein provided for.
     (2) It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm, corporation, or association to sell, offer for sale, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any hide or hides from slaughtered cattle which have not been inspected and identified by an authorized inspector.
     (3) It shall be the duty of any person or persons, firm, corporation, or association slaughtering cattle, for his own use or otherwise, upon demand of an authorized inspector, to exhibit the hide or hides of such animal or animals for inspection or certificate issued by a hide buyer or some evidence of inspection by an authorized inspector.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 172, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3298.19, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 47, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 37, L. 1961; R.C.M. 1947, 46-508.