Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-02-25
Five Dollars for Full Grown Wolves
and Three Dollars for Wolf Pups,
Coyotes or Coyote Pups.
HEAVY PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Ten Bounty inspectors Within Each
County to be Named by a Com
mission Of stockerowers.


Section 1924. Every person who
violates any of the provisions Of sec.
ton 1910. of the penal code. relating
to bounties for killing wild animals, is
guilty Of a misdemeanor, and is pun.
ishable by a fine not less han one
hundred dollars and not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or by imprison.
ment in the county Jail not exceed.
ing six months, or by both such fine
and Imprisonment.
Section 2. That section 1910 of the
political code be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Section 3070. That there shall be
paid out of the fund in this act here.
after created for the killing of the
following named animals hereafter
killed in the state of Montana, the fol
lowing bounties:
For each grown wolf, five dollars;
for each coyote three dollars; for
each wolf pup, three dollars; for each
coyote pup, three dollars; for each
bear or mountain lion, seven dollars.
Section 8. That section 3071 be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 3O71. Any person killing
any Of the aforesaid animals to obtain
bounty thereon. shall, within sixty
days Of the date of the killing. exhibit
the skin OF skins of the said animals,
including the tail and the skin from
the entire head, including the ears
thereof. and including the upper part
Of the jaw of the animal attached to
the skin, to a bounty inspector of the
county in which the animal or ami
ADD BOUNTY
mails were killed; and at the same
time shall file with the bounty inspec-
tor, as hereafter provided, an affida.
Wit setting forth that he killed the
animal OF animals from which the
skin or skins were taken; that the
same were killed within the bounds of
the county and nearer to, or if more
than one hide is presented. that the
greater number we're killed nearer to
the residence of the said bounty in
spector to which the same was pre-
scented than to any other bounty in
spector in said county, and every
bounty inspector appointed under the
provisions of this act shall be empow-
cred to administer oaths to any and
all persons making affidavit as afore.
said.
Section 4. That section 3072 of the
Political Code be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as TO-
lows:
Section 207i. II shall be the duty
of the judge Of the district court pre-
siding over any of the counties within
the state to forthwith appoint three
representative stockgrowers, whose
duty it shall be to appoint. not ex-
ceeding ten bounty inspectors with
in any of the counties of the state.
whose duty shall be to receive and
carefully examine all skins or pelts
presented for bounty within their re-
spective localities; the said bounty in
spector shall serve without compen-
sation, and eacL shall take the oath
of office provided in case of county of.
ficers, said oath to be filed with the
county clerk Of the county wherein
he shall be appointed, each bounty in
spector shall in order to prevent
fraud. minutely examine each skin
presented, and should such examina.
ton disclose that the scalp and ears,
with the skin from the entire head
of such animal or animals, and the
upper jaw attached thereto, has not
been severed, punched, patched or in
any name marked, he shall there In
the presence of the person presenting
such skin, mark each skin by severing
just behind the ears, the entire skin
of the head and face including the up
per jaw attached thereto, embracing
both ears, and then redeliver the skin
or skins to the person presenting the
same and shall require the AFFIDAVIT
of one resident stock grower residing
in the vicinity in which said animal
or animals were killed, setting forth
that he Is a resident stock grower ana
taxpayer on live stock in said county,
giving his postofice address and stat
ing that he is personally acquainted
with the person presenting the skin
or skins, and to his own knowledge
information an. belief, said person
did kill the animals o which the
skin oil skins were taken, within SIX
ty days preceding the offering oil such
skins for bounty in the locality ana
within the county where said bounty
inspector resides, and at the same
make out and deliver to said per
son, a certificate addressed 10 the
county clerk of his county, showing
date nuubar and Kind of skins so