Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01
CHAPTER 1875. E. NO. 376.
ACT to provide a bounty for killing

CHAPTER 113-S. r. NO. 376:
AN ACT to provide a bounty for Killing
wolves, and to appropriate money there-
| Be it enacted by the legislature OF the
State of Minnesota: :.
Section l. Any person who snail XII IN
this state a full grown wolf shall pc en-
| titled to a reward Of seven dollars ana
fifty cents $3.50, and any person VINO
shall kill in this state a cub VOL snaia
be entitled to a reward or one uoiadr
&1), and the amount OF all such rewards
shall be paid by the state In full out OF
any moneys belonging to the reVenue
fund not otherwise appropriated as mere.
matter provided; and a sufficient amount
| of money is hereby appropriated out OF
| any moneys in the state treasury not
otherwise appropriated. to reimbu1se
counties for all payments made unoei
the provisions of this act.
In any county wherein the interest ana
| welfare requires, the county commission
| ers shall have authority to increase sucn
rewards and appropriate money tneretoi
Sec. 2. The person or persons claiming
such rewards shall, within thirty lays
| after the killing OF such animal or ami
animals so killed, with the head and ears
| entire. to the town clerk in the presence
Of two witnesses of the town Wneleil
| such animal or animals were killed. anu
| make oath that the animal or animals SO
exhibited, are the wolf or wolves Kllea
by such claimant. He shall also state
under oath the time place Where
| such animal or animals We're klileu ny
the life Of any wolf within his power 70
| kill. Thereupon the town clerk shaia
issue a certificate that such anlmal "
| animals were exhibited to him ana ina
the hide or hides of the same was re-
| moved in the presence OF hlmSeli aho
| the witnesses required, after which the
| carcass of the said wolf or Wol Yes 81 dila a.
| destroyed by the party claiming Inc
| bounty so as not to become a nuisance
to any one. It shall be the further GUY
certificate in his Office and to Issue q q
copy thereof to the person SO clalnllHg
such reward, for which service the sa anr
! clerk shall receive as compensate ~
each original certificate issued the sum
| of TWENTY-FIVE (25) cents and ten cents 1o5
fling the same, the said fee to pc PAID
by the person claiming the reward. froo
vided that in n~organlzed 1G~lt 10 the
claiman for reward may apply 10 tne
nearest town clerk of the same counes
! and provided further, that the person "a -
claiming such reward shall produce az
certificate together VIII Hi3,e eae w ntde the head
and ears intact, to the county auoltol.
In lieu of taking the aide to me eoun acS
auditor the claimant may FORWARD SUI
hide or hides with the head and ears ~ ~
tact, to the county auditor, together with
the said certificate, the 70 pa!
| transportation charges, and IL ne aesli he
the hide or hides returleu ~ nnrtat;o
Sec ?. The county auditor shall in each
instance punch a hole not less than llieI,
eighths of an inch IN d1a d5N ~ witch
| bounty is claimed, and issue 10 SUI
aiman his warrant upon the couH iaS
treasurer for the entire sum TO WIEN
such claimant is entitled ana Inc nreeenfa-
urer shall pay the same upon presen'a-
Sec, 4. 1t shall be the duty Of the town
clerk in each instance to- aetellt faat
a wolf and whether the same IS a luz u
crown wolf or cub, within the meanlng
of this act, and he shall N eacn GaIo
certify the fact in the certl1cate ilGieai.
ppn1 The county auditor shall in like man,
ner determine whether the hide presented
to him is in fact that of a Won alu
Whether the same is from a iull gr4 w
vvolf or cub, within the meaning OF tHis
act. before issuing his warrant Tor the
60 Iment NJ anv bounty provided for
herein. .ho,7 fray u.s.
NIT a. copy of such oath and warrant ~ ~
the state auditor who shall audlt Suel
claims, and the amount thereon shal pe
naid out of the state treasury upon "a W.
ant issued by the state It tea aa same and for
VI ~, ~ +he same to the county auditor OF
such county. MIN chat,
Sec. 6. Any person or persons VINO nos hn ra1
fraudulently claim or Obtain any s s,srran n nj
t Maae or 'e or who ho' shall claim reward lon on
any wolf which has in any way pe ee Pre-
tectedd by him : a, Or on IN e of6sgad gpo OF d daEs
sba a he held guilty of a misdemeanor,
a andil shah pe Ae Upon conviction thereof ceet ad be
fined not less than twenty-five l29) 100 uo1
lars, nor more than one hun nnmant tiV o{
such fine ma may be imprisoned in the coun,
fy jail not less than thirty go . da ~ o. or
more than ninety 9o) days. for each OIL
Sec 7. That chapter thirty-two e32) OF
the general laws of one thousand n ~
hundred and one ueo1?, and all o Mith
acts and parts Of acts inconsistent WIFI
Sec s. This act shall take erect ana
he in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 8. 1908.
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