Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-03-19
new BOUNTY LAW
Full Text of the Amended Bill
Relating to the Bounty
of Wild Animals.

AN act 10 amend SeCtoOn 1lA4 OF tnc
penal code of the state of Montana,
and sections 1910, 3O71, 3072 and 3o73
of the political code of the State of
Montana relating to bounties of wild
animals.
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of Montana.
Section l. That section 1924 of the
penal code be and the same is hereby
amendedso as to read as follows:
Section 1924. Every person who
violates any of the provisions of Sec
tion 3O7O of the penal code, relat-
ing to bounties for killing wild
animals, is guilty of a misderneanor, and
is punishable by a fine not less than
one hundred dollars and not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail not exceeding
six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Section 2. That section 1910 of the
political code be and the same is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1910. That there shall be
paid out of the fund in this act here
after created for the killing of the fol-
lowing animals, hereafter killed in the
state of Montana, the following boun-
ties: For each grown wolf, five dollars;
for each coyote, three dollars; for each
wolf pup, three dollars; for each coy
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mountain lion, seven dollars.
Section g. That section 3O71 be and
the same is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Section 3O7l. ANY person killing
any of the aforesaid animals to OBJ
tain bounty thereon, shall, within
sixty days of the date of the kill
ing, exhibit the skin or skins of the
said animal or animals, including the
tail and the skin from the entire head,
including the ears thereof, and includ-
ing the upper and skin Of the lower
jaws, together with the lips of the ami
NAL attached to the skin, to bounty
inspector of the county in which the
animal or animals were killed; and
shall at the same time file with the
bounty inspector, as hereinafter pro-
vided, an affidavit setting forth that he
killed the animal or animals from
which the skin or skins were taken;
that the same was killed within the
bounds of the county and nearer tor
if more than one hide is presented,
that the greater number were
killed nearer to the residence
of the said bounty inspector to
which the same was presented,
than to any other bounty inspector
in said county, and every bounty in
spector appointed under the provisions
minister oaths to any and all persons
making any affidavit as aforesaid.
Section 4. That section 3O72 of the
political code be and the same is here.
by amended so as to read as follows:
Section 3O72. It shall be the duty
of the judge of the district court
presiding over any of the counties
within the state to forthwith ap
point three representative stock grow.
ers, whose duty it shall be to ap-
point not exceeding 10 bounty inspec
tors within any of the counties of the
state, whose duties shall be to receive
and carefully examine all skins or pelts
presented for bounty within theil
respective localities; the said bounty
inspector shall serve without compen
sation, and each shall take the oath O.
Office provided in case of county off
GERS, said oath to be filed with ths
county clerk of the county wherein ht
shall be appointed. Each bounty in
spector shall, in order to prevent fraud
minutely examine each skin presented
and should such examination disclose
that the scalp and ears, with the skins
from the entire head of such animal OF
animals, and the upper and skin of th'
lower jaws together with the lips at
tached thereto, has not been severed
punched, patched or in any name
marked, he shall there, in the presenc
of the person presenting suck skin
mark each skin by severing the skin o
the lower jaws together with the lips
and then re-deliyer the skin or skins t
the person presenting the same. ant
shall require the affidavit of one resi-