Section 25-4-1 - Peddling fresh meats. - New Mexico Statutes

25-4-1. Peddling fresh meats.

Any person or persons hereafter engaging in the business of peddling fresh meats in this state shall first obtain from the authority provided by law for the issue thereof a peddler's license to carry on such business, and shall pay therefor the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00), said payment to be made annually in advance, and which said license fee when collected, shall be transmitted to the cattle sanitary board [New Mexico livestock board] to be converted into the cattle indemnity fund. This section and the following section [25-4-2 NMSA 1978] shall not apply to any person who may sell or otherwise dispose of any fresh meats butchered from animals of his own raising only.