602                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [CH. 421

[or for] feeding, [and] grazing or milk production. Individual
identification is not required for:

1.    Animals [, including calves,] for immediate slaughter.

2.    Steers, or spayed heifers.

3.    [and] Calves under 8 months of age of beef type for feeding
and grazing purposes.

Such records must be retained for a period of three years.

(b)    Health certificate in possession of truckers and haulers. It
shall be the duty of each owner or consignor to furnish the trucker
or hauler either a health certificate for animals being moved to farms
or sales or a declaration giving the name and address of the owner
or consignor of the animals and the name and address of the
consignee. It shall be the duty of each trucker or hauler to have in
the possession of the operator of the truck or other vehicle [a] the
appropriate health certificate [when required] or [a] declaration
for each animal, [giving the name and address of the owner and
consignor of the animals and the name and address of the consignee]

(c)     Quarantine of animals not accompanied by health certificate.
Consignments of animals not accompanied by the appropriate health
certificate or declaration as outlined in this section will be subject
to quarantine.

437.    Licenses.

Each livestock auction market, each livestock sales agency, and
dealer or itinerant dealer located within the State of Maryland or
operating in the State of Maryland, shall obtain a license on an annual
basis from the State Veterinarian appointed by the Maryland State
Board of Agriculture. Such license shall be issued annually upon
application and payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00) and shall
remain in effect for one year from the date of issue unless otherwise
revoked. The license fees shall constitute a fund to be administered
by the State Board of Agriculture in partially defraying the expenses
under this subtitle. The license shall be displayed at the auction
market, at the sales agency office, or at the headquarters of the
dealer. Identification cards may be issued to licensees.

438.    Exemptions.

The provisions of Sections 436 and 437 do not apply to:

(1)    Any person, copartnership, association or corporation who
or which, by dispersal sale is permanently discontinuing the business
of dairying, breeding, raising, or feeding animals.

(2)    That part of the business of a farmer which consists of
buying and receiving animals for grazing and feeding purposes and
the sale or disposal of such animals after the grazing and feeding
period.

(3)    The sale by a farmer of any breeding, surplus or unprofit-
able animals.

(4)    The sale, exchange or transportation of any horse, pony or
mule.