J. MILLARD TAWES, Governor                      601

CHAPTER 421
(House Bill 732)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 435
through 439 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources," subtitle "Livestock,"
subheading "Livestock Sales," to substitute the term "livestock"
for "bovine animals," to define said term, to provide that a health
certificate or a declaration stating the names and addresses of the
owner or consignor and consignee be furnished a trucker or hauler
of livestock and making other necessary changes in said law.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 435 through 439 of Article 66C of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Natural Resources," subtitle
"Livestock," subheading "Livestock Sales," be and they are hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

435. Definitions.

(a)    Person. Individual agent, partnership, farm, association,
corporation, co-operative or other group or combination.

(b)    Livestock. For the purpose of this subtitle the term livestock
shall mean live animals of beef or dairy cattle, swine, sheep or goats.

[(b)](c) Dealer or itinerant dealer. A person who engages in
the business of buying, selling, exchanging, bartering or transferring
[bovine animals] livestock from his own premises or from any other
location.

[(c)](d) Livestock sales agency. A person who conducts sales
of livestock at irregular intervals by auction, barter, transferring,
or any other means, at designated places, such as farm premises,
auction markets, fair grounds, or any other location where the
animals are gathered.

[(d)](e) Livestock market or livestock auction market. A per-
son and an established location provided with holding pens, scales,
sales ring, and/or other physical features, where livestock is as-
sembled, weighed, graded and offered for sale at auction, trade or
by other means, on specified sale days or at any other time.

[(e)](f)) Trucker or hauler. A person who engages in the busi-
ness of transporting livestock in trucks or other conveyances to or
from a farm, a livestock auction, sales agency, or dealer's premises.

436. Records.

(a) Animals received and disposed of. It shall be the duty of
each livestock auction market, livestock sales agency and livestock
dealer to maintain a record covering all animals received and dis-
posed of. These records must include date of receipt and date of
sale, name and address of consignor and purchaser. Each [bovine]
animal must be identified by metal ear tag number, tattoo number,
purebred name and registry number, or horn or hoof brand number,
by breed, sex, age and approximate weight, the health status and
the purpose for which the animals are consigned, that is, for breeding,