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FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE-FIRST CALLED SESSION. 1795
third Legislature, First Called Session, Chapter 10, Page 32.
And said Commissioner of Agriculture is further directed and
authorized to name some suitable person, experienced in the
handling of jacks and stallions, as caretaker of such jack or
stallion. The Commission of Agriculture shall adopt and carry
out reasonable rules and regulations with respect to the leasing
and distribution, care, use and maintenance of such animals.
Provided further that the title of all such jacks and stallions
hereinbefore mentioned shall be and remain in the State of
Texas. Provided further that in the event the Commissioner
of Agriculture is unable to place any of such animals as herein
provided due in any manner to defects or unfitness for breeding
purposes, then the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby
authorized and directed to turn such animals over to the State
Board of Control, who shall dispose of same to the best interest
of the State.
Before any of the jacks or stallions are leased and distributed
as herein provided, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall allocate
and tender to the Texas Prison System two jacks and one
stallion and after said jacks and stallion have been accepted by
the Texas Prison Board, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall
thereafter exercise no control or management over such animals.
Such animals shall thereafter remain and be the property of
the Texas Prison System for its uses and purposes, and said
jacks and stallion are to be selected by the Commissioner of
Agriculture and General Manager of the Texas Prison System
from those jacks and stallions now owned by the State of Texas
under the provisions of Chapter 10, Acts of the First Called
Session, Forty-third Legislature. And all expenses incurred by
the Commissioner of Agricuture in delivering said jacks and
stallion to the Texas Prison System shall be borne by said system.
SEC. 2. From and after the effective date of this Act the
Commissioner of Agriculture shall distribute the jacks and stallions
aforesaid throughout the State of Texas where there is
most need shown to competent and capable caretakers who shall
agree and pay to the State of Texas the sum of Thirty Dollars
($30) in advance as an annual rental for the use of such jack
or stallion, as the case may be, and who shall first enter into
a written contract with the Commissioner of Agriculture all
such conditions and terms as may be determined by the Commissioner.
In addition thereto each keeper shall be required to
enter into a bond with two or more good and sufficient sureties,
payable to the State of Texas, upon the approval of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, conditioned that such caretaker
shall in good faith, feed, water, care for and properly handle
such animals. Such bond to be in the sum of not less than the
market value of said animal or animals as determined by the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1937-1939 [Volume 31], book, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18824/m1/67/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .