The Dickinson press., 1903-01-24

killed or caused to be killed the animal
or animals from which the skin or skins
we're taken; that the same were killed
the bounds Of the county to whose
auditor the same are presented; and the
county auditor shall, before issuing the
hereafter provided for, require
statements of two resident taxpayers of
the county that they are acquainted with
the person presenting the skin or skins,
and that to the best OF their knowledge
and belief the animal or animals from
which said skin Or skins were taken were
killed within the limits of said county.
Sec. 3. (How to prevent fraud.) The
county auditor shall t%hereupon call to
his assistance either the county treas
urer, or, in his absence. the clerk of the
district court, who being present, both
shall, in order to prevent fraud, infinitely
examine each skin presented; and should
examination disclose that the scalps and
ears belonging to such skins have not
been severed, patched or punched, the
county auditor shall there, IN the pres
ence of the other officer above named,
mark each ear by punching a hole n
inch in diameter in the same and then re-
deliver the skin or skins to the person
presenting the same, and shall at the
same time make out and deliver to the
said person a certificate showing the
number and kind of the skins so punched
and the name of the person presenting,
the fact Of the filing of the af6davits
herein provided for, and the examination
made as required, said certificate to be
duly signed by him in his official capacity,
and attested by the officer acting with
him; said county auditor shall keep a
record in a bound book of all skins so
punched, showing the date, number and
kinds, the names of the persons present.
ing them and the names Of the witnesses,
which book shall be an official record.
All services rendered by officials under
! this act to be without fee.
Sec. 1. Should any county auditor or
officer acting with him have, any reason
to believe that any person presenting a
skin or skins as above provided, has
evaded the provisions of this act to OBJ
tain the bounty unlawfully, such officer
shall require satisfactory evidence of the
time, place and manner of the killing of
said animal or animals.
Sec. $. 1t shall be the duty of the state
auditor, upon the written order of the
county auditor to give the person pre-
senting said order a warrant upon. the
state wolf bounty fund, hereafter pro.
vided for, in the amount required to COM
pensate at the bounty prices by this act
provided, for the number Of animals
mentioned in the order, taking the re-
ceipt on the back of the order of the per-
son presenting for the full amount re-
ceived; and the state auditor and the
state treasurer shall keep IN account of
all warrants so issued and paid, and list
them in their annual report to the gov
ernor.
Sec. E. For the purpose of providing
for the payment of said bounty and the
warrants thereon drawn, there is hereby
created a fund to be known as the state
wolf bounty fund.
Sec. 7. 1t shall be the duty of the state
board of equalization, at the time of the
levy of the annual tax, to levy a special
tax of two and one-half tenths mills on
the dollar upon the assessed valuation of
all property, and when collected paid
into the hands Of the state treasurer who
shall at one enter the same into the
state wolf bounty fund. Said fund shall
be preserved inviolate for the payment
of the bounties provided for herein.
Secs. Any person claiming the boun-
ties provided for in this act for any of
the animals specified herein killed or
caused to be killed in any u%norganized
county of this state, shall make applica,
ton to the county auditor of the organ
ICED county to which such u~norganized
county is attached for judicial purposes.
Sec. 9. The secretary of state shall
provide each county auditor with the
necessary blanks for the purpose of car
rying into effect the provisions of this
act.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall falsely
make, alter, forge or counterfeit any said
certificates or orders shall be deemed
guilty of forgery,and any persqn who shall
swear falsely to any affidavit provided
herein, or procure the same to be done
by another, with the intent of obtaining
any one of the said certificates or orders,
shall be guilty of perjury; and any per-
son convicted of any of the offenses de-
clared in this section shall be punished
by imprisonment in the p%enitentiary for
a term of not less than n year nor
than five years. Any person or persons
who shall patch up any skin or scalp, or
who shall present any punched skin or
scalp with intent to defraud the state, or
any officer who shall sign any certificate
herein provided for, without first count
ing the skins, or shall Intentionally evade
any of the provisions of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on
conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine of not more than five hundred dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the county
Jail for a period of pot exceeding three
months, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.