97-19-49 - Registering animal falsely; giving false pedigree. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-19-49. Registering animal falsely; giving false pedigree.
 

If any person shall, by any false pretense whatever, obtain from any person, club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or goats, or other domestic animal, the registration of any animal in the herd register, or other register of such person, club, association, society, or company, or a transfer of any such registration, and every person who shall knowingly publish or give to any person, club, association, society, or company a false pedigree of any animal, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1090; 1906, § 1170; Hemingway's 1917, § 899; 1930, § 926; 1942, § 2155; Laws,  1888, p. 90.