I'm forwarding this at the request of several others, not because I think
most of you are interested in when the crime of docking a horse's tail was
repealed in Colorado. I may be wrong on that count, however . . .
BB
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:28:12 -0700
>To: Sheila Stone <stones@ULV.EDU>
>From: Barbara Bintliff <Barbara.Bintliff@Colorado.EDU>
>Subject: Re: Need Colorado Help
>
>Sheila,
>
>This is a quick and dirty answer. I think the statute in question was
>repealed in 1971, as part of a complete repeal and recodification of
>Colorado's criminal code. It last appeared in the 1963 Colorado Revised
>Statutes, sec. 40-20-18 to -21. Then, in the 1973 CRS, it doesn't show
>up. The disposition tables from 1963 to 1973, and the special disposition
>tables for the criminal code, don't mention these sections specifically;
>not a total surprise. But the entire criminal code was repealed in 1971
>(p. 472 of the session laws of that year).
>
>Is this enough for you to go on?
>
>Barbara
>
>
>
>
>At 08:49 PM 11/13/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello all-
>>This is a rather urgent request as I have been asked to find an answer by
>>noon Thursday.
>>I am trying to find when a certain Colorado statute was repealed. The
>>biggest problem seems to be that it was passed in 1899 and it no longer
>>appears to be on the books.
>>
>>I have searched Wexis for current statutes that may have been based on
>>this law to no avail.
>>I have also searched the Colorado legislature and the State website in
>>the hopes of finding a historical database, and also had no luck. I
>>rooted around a bit on the State Library website, but I am still not
>>finding it. If anyone can help me locate this law and the date it was
>>repealed I would be forever in your debt.
>>
>>Here are the pertinent details. The question began with a Colorado case
>>(32 Colo 319) from 1904. The case revolves around this Colorado law
>>which is only cited in the case as "Chapter 93, p. 175, Laws 1899." In
>>the headnotes the law is also referred to as "Chapter 93, Sess.Laws 1899,
>>p. 175." The case even includes part of the text of the law as it was
>>writted in 1899.
>>"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dock the tail of any
>>horse, within the state of Colorado, or to procure the same to be docked,
>>or to import or bring into this state, any docked horse, or horses, or to
>>drive, work, use, race or deal in any unregistered docked horse or horses
>>within the state of Colorado..."
>>
>>I am not sure where to look or who ask at this point but I am pretty
>>desperate.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Sheila Stone
>><mailto:stones@ulv.edu>stones@ulv.edu
>>Reference Librarian, MLIS
>>ULV College of Law Library
>>320 East D Street
>>Ontario California 91764
>
>
>
>Barbara Bintliff
>Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law
>Director of the Law Library
>University of Colorado School of Law
>2405 Kittredge Loop Drive
>Boulder, CO 80309
>voice: 303-492-1233
>fax: 303-492-2707
Barbara Bintliff
Nicholas Rosenbaum Professor of Law
Director of the Law Library
University of Colorado School of Law
2405 Kittredge Loop Drive
Boulder, CO 80309
voice: 303-492-1233
fax: 303-492-2707
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