The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-11-10

be presented. It ls of the utmost i'm
portance to stock men generally, and it
is suggested that they peruse carefully
the contents thereof:
For an Act entitled ''An Act empowering
County Courts to Levy tareS on Sheep,
Cattle and Hogs, and also on Real and
Personal Property, to Create funds for
bounties for Coyote, Mountain Lion or
Cougar. Bear, Lyna or Wild Cat and
Gray or Timber Wolf scalps; also pro
Viding for the necessary affidavit to be
tUken before Notary Public or Magis-
trGte of the precinct IN Which the qOiLd
animal or animals are killed, and pro
Viding also. for the evsdence of such kill
ing, upoRaOhich the County Court shall
pay the bounty for such scalp or scGlps."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE As
sEA1BLY OF THE STATE OF OREGON:
SECTION 1. That the county courts of
the several counties of this state shall
levy a tax upon the assessed number of
all the sheep, cattle and hogs in their
respective counties which are owned by
residents of the counties or are being
pastured in the counties, that may ap-
pear upon the assessment rolls as if
made on the first day of March of each
year. The tax shall be as follows: One
cent per head on all sheep appearing on
the assessment rolls as aforesaid; one
cent per head on cattle appearing on the
assessment rolls as aforesaid; one cent
per head on all hogs appearing on the
assessment rolls as aforesaid.
SECTION 2. The county courts of the
several counties of this state shall levy
tax of u mill on all personal and real
property that may be returned on the
assessment rolls of their respective
counties to be used and placed in fund
in the possession of the state treasurer,
to be used in conjunction and in con-
nection with the aforesaid tax on sheep,
cattle and hogs as a scalp bounty fund
for the state OF Oregon.
SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the
county court, upon the receipt of any
scalp or 'scalps, accom- panied by an af-
fidavit as hereinafter mentioned, to pay
the following bounty for the same:
three dollars apiece for each coyote, lynx
or wildcat scalp; six dollars for each and
every mountain lion or cougar scalp;
six dollars for each and every gray or
timber wolf scalp; and in payment of
the same the county court shall draw a
warrant on the state treasurer for the
amount, and the same to be attested by
the Clerk of the county wherein such
bounty is claimed.
SECTION 4. Every person or persons
having in his or their possession any
scalp or scalps of the animals named
shah take the same to a Notary Public
or Magistrate in his precinct and shall
make an affidavit that the animal or
ANIMALS from which the scalp or scalps
were taken, were killed in the precinct
within ninety days of the time of
making such affidavit, and the Notary
Public or Magistrate shall thereupon
cut off and remove at least two-thirds of
one ear of each and every scalp so pre-
sented, and shall give to the owner of
the scalp or scalps a certificate stating
number OF scalps, the time when the
animal or animals were killed and the
name of the person or persons claiming
to own or have killed the wild animal or
animals from which the scalp or scalps
were taken; provided that the expenses
of the Notary Public or Magistrate for
administering the affidavit and removing
the ear from the scalp or scalps and
making the certificate shall be made by
the person owning or claiming to have
killed or caused to have been killed, the
animal or animals from which the scalps
were taken.
SECTION 5. The county court, upon
receipt of the scalp as above mentioned,
and upon receipt of the certificate afore-
said, shall issue to the order of the per-
son lawfully in possession of said GER
tificate and sealps, warrants for the
scalps named or enumerated in said GER
tiicate in the amounts mentioned in
this act.
SECTION 6. All acts or portions of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
SECTION Z. As there is no adequate
law now in force for this purpose, it is
/ hereby provided that this act shall be
enforced from and after its approval by
the Governor.