LICENSING LIVESTOCK DEALERS (EXCERPT) Act 284 of 1937
287.121 Livestock dealer license; definitions.
Sec. 1.
(a) “Department” as used in this act shall mean the Michigan state department of agriculture.
(b) “Director” as used in this act means the director of the department of agriculture.
(c) “Animals” or “livestock” as used in this act shall mean and include horses, ponies, mules, cattle, calves, swine, sheep and goats.
(d) “Dealer” or “broker” as used in this act shall mean any person, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating, or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any such animals, but it shall not be construed to include: (1) any railroad or air line transporting animals either interstate or intrastate; (2) any person, association, copartnership or corporation who or which, by dispersal sale, is permanently discontinuing the business of farming, dairying, breeding, or feeding animals; (3) any person, association, copartnership or corporation that sells livestock which has been raised on the premises of such person, association, copartnership or corporation; (4) any butcher, packer or processor to whom animals are delivered and used exclusively for slaughter, or that part of the business of a farmer which consists of buying or receiving animals for breeding, grazing and feeding purposes and the sale or disposal of such animals after the feeding or grazing period of not less than 21 days; (5) terminal livestock markets where agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture veterinary inspection is daily maintained; (6) occasionally held consignment sales such as breed, 4-H or F.F.A. sales.
(e) “Agent” as used in this act shall mean any person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any animals for or on behalf of any dealer or broker.
(f) “Livestock auction” as used in this act shall mean any livestock market where livestock is accepted on consignment and the auction method is used in the marketing of such livestock. A public auction of farm goods by a farmer is not included in this definition of a livestock auction.
(g) “Weighmaster” as used in this act shall mean any person registered under this act who weighs livestock at any livestock market licensed under this act.
LICENSING LIVESTOCK DEALERS (EXCERPT) Act 284 of 1937
287.121 Livestock dealer license; definitions.
Sec. 1.
(a) “Department” as used in this act shall mean the Michigan state department of agriculture.
(b) “Director” as used in this act means the director of the department of agriculture.
(c) “Animals” or “livestock” as used in this act shall mean and include horses, ponies, mules, cattle, calves, swine, sheep and goats.
(d) “Dealer” or “broker” as used in this act shall mean any person, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating, or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any such animals, but it shall not be construed to include: (1) any railroad or air line transporting animals either interstate or intrastate; (2) any person, association, copartnership or corporation who or which, by dispersal sale, is permanently discontinuing the business of farming, dairying, breeding, or feeding animals; (3) any person, association, copartnership or corporation that sells livestock which has been raised on the premises of such person, association, copartnership or corporation; (4) any butcher, packer or processor to whom animals are delivered and used exclusively for slaughter, or that part of the business of a farmer which consists of buying or receiving animals for breeding, grazing and feeding purposes and the sale or disposal of such animals after the feeding or grazing period of not less than 21 days; (5) terminal livestock markets where agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture veterinary inspection is daily maintained; (6) occasionally held consignment sales such as breed, 4-H or F.F.A. sales.
(e) “Agent” as used in this act shall mean any person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any animals for or on behalf of any dealer or broker.
(f) “Livestock auction” as used in this act shall mean any livestock market where livestock is accepted on consignment and the auction method is used in the marketing of such livestock. A public auction of farm goods by a farmer is not included in this definition of a livestock auction.
(g) “Weighmaster” as used in this act shall mean any person registered under this act who weighs livestock at any livestock market licensed under this act.
LICENSING LIVESTOCK DEALERS (EXCERPT) Act 284 of 1937
287.121 Livestock dealer license; definitions.
Sec. 1.
(a) “Department” as used in this act shall mean the Michigan state department of agriculture.
(b) “Director” as used in this act means the director of the department of agriculture.
(c) “Animals” or “livestock” as used in this act shall mean and include horses, ponies, mules, cattle, calves, swine, sheep and goats.
(d) “Dealer” or “broker” as used in this act shall mean any person, copartnership, association or corporation engaged in the business of buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating, or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any such animals, but it shall not be construed to include: (1) any railroad or air line transporting animals either interstate or intrastate; (2) any person, association, copartnership or corporation who or which, by dispersal sale, is permanently discontinuing the business of farming, dairying, breeding, or feeding animals; (3) any person, association, copartnership or corporation that sells livestock which has been raised on the premises of such person, association, copartnership or corporation; (4) any butcher, packer or processor to whom animals are delivered and used exclusively for slaughter, or that part of the business of a farmer which consists of buying or receiving animals for breeding, grazing and feeding purposes and the sale or disposal of such animals after the feeding or grazing period of not less than 21 days; (5) terminal livestock markets where agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture veterinary inspection is daily maintained; (6) occasionally held consignment sales such as breed, 4-H or F.F.A. sales.
(e) “Agent” as used in this act shall mean any person, firm, association, copartnership or corporation buying, receiving, selling, exchanging, transporting, negotiating or soliciting sale, resale, exchange, transportation or transfer of any animals for or on behalf of any dealer or broker.
(f) “Livestock auction” as used in this act shall mean any livestock market where livestock is accepted on consignment and the auction method is used in the marketing of such livestock. A public auction of farm goods by a farmer is not included in this definition of a livestock auction.
(g) “Weighmaster” as used in this act shall mean any person registered under this act who weighs livestock at any livestock market licensed under this act.
