76-16-310. Permit required to run livestock in district. (1) No owner or person in control of livestock shall permit the same to run at large or under herd within the exterior boundaries of any state district unless the owner or person in control of such livestock shall first obtain a grazing permit for same from such state district.
     (2) The owner or person in control of such livestock running at large or under herd within a state district without a permit from the district or in excess of such permit shall be liable for all damages sustained thereby by any member, permittee, or state district. If any such livestock wrongfully enters upon premises within such district, the owner or person in control of such trespassing livestock, who willfully or negligently permits same to run at large within the district without first obtaining a permit therefor from the district, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not less than $10 or more than $500 and, in addition to said punishment, shall be liable for all damages sustained thereby to the party entitled thereto.
     (3) This provision shall not require any person to obtain a grazing permit to graze livestock upon land owned or controlled by him within such state district if the stock so grazed is restrained from running at large within such state district and from grazing upon any other lands within the state district.

     History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 208, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 199, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 257, L. 1955; R.C.M. 1947, 46-2326(1).