Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-03-29

uuMUcI COlIcSHOuuAu6 Will luc NUM-
Der of bounty certificate issued for
the skin or skins contained thereon
together with his letter; all wolf, coy
ote. pup wolf. and pup coyote heads to
be strung on separate wires, respect
lively, and so noted on said certificate
the number of the heads on said wire.
The bounty inspector Is not authoriz-
ed to examine any skin or issue any
certificate except on the first three
days of each month, and any examina-
ton made by him or certificate issued
on any other day Is void. The bounty
inspector shall, not later than the 18th
Of each month, render to the county
clerk and recorder of the county in
which he resides, report setting
forth the names of the persons pre-
senting the skins, with the number of
the certificate, the kind and the num-
Der of the skins SO presented, as to
each any every certificate which he
has issued during said month. The
county clerk shall upon the receipt of
each said certificate file same in the
order in which they are received, and
safely keep them until the arrival of
the skin or skins mentioned in such
certificate, properly sealed as herein
before provided; and upon the receipt
of said skin or skins so sealed, he shall
call to his assistance either the county
treasurer, or in his absence, the clerk
of the district court, who, being pres
ent, shall both, in order to prevent
fraud, minutely examine each scalp
strung upon each wire, and should
such examination disclose the scalps
as heretofore specified, of such ami
NAL or animals, agree with the num-
Der and kind of scalps or lower jaw
of mountain lion mentioned in these
said certificates, the county clerk shall
thereupon, in the presence of said
treasurer or clerk of district court,
destroy said scalps without removing
same from said wire, fire; and said
county clerk shall then make out and
deliver to the person named in said
certificate, a second certificate show
ing the same statement of facts as
contained in the certificate of the
bounty inspector with the additional
statement of the examination SO made
by him; and that he found said scalps
to agree with the number and kind
mentioned in the certificate OF said
bounty inspector, and SO stated there
in in said certificate. In no case
should bounty certificate be issued
by the clerk and recorder for more
scalps than are actually received and
accounted by him, ana the county
clerk and recorder shall receive for
each scalp or mountain lion lower jaw
accounted for by him, the sum of five
cents each, to be paid quarterly by
the treasurer out of the bounty fund.-
The county clerk shall keep record
in a bound book of all certificates so
received and issued, showing the date
and description of the number and
kind of hides, and the name of the
person presenting the same, which
book shall be an official record.
Sec. 4. That section 3O76 of the Po-
litical code of Montana, as amended
by an act approved March 6, 1908,
be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Sec, 3O76. It shall be the duty of the
board of county commissioners or each
county in this state at the time of the
levy of the annual tax, to levy spec
ial tax of four and one-half mills on
the dollar, upon the assessed valuation
of all cattle, horses, mules, asses,
sheep and goats in their respective
counties, which tax shall be collected
as other taxes on live property, and
when so collected shall be paid into
the state bounty fund aforesaid, which
said fund shall be preserved inviolate
for the payment of bounties herein
above provided for. Any county COM
missioner who shall interfere to pre-
vent the levy of the taxes aforesaid,
oh III he deemd guilty of miSdemean-
or.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts
in conflict herewith are hereby re-
pealed. o.,
Sec. 6. This act shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
passage and approval.