Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-29
INFORMATION FOR
VARM|NT HUNTERS
EXTRACTS FROM NEW STATE
LAw-sEPARArE FROM WOOL
MEMS BOUNTY.

County Clerk w. C. Boatman fur
nishes the following extract from
the new state scalp bounty law. for
the information of the public:
edon l. There shall be paid by
the State of Oregon and the counties
thereof as in this act and in the
manner hereinafter provided for the
killing and destruction of the follow
named animals, hereafter killed
a The State OF Oregon, the follow
ing bounties: For each coyote or
coyote PUP. $40; for each gray
wolf or bla-k VOL, $500; for each
gray wolf pup, black wolf pup, tim
ger wolf or timber wolf pup, $3.50;
for each bob cat, wild cat or lynx.
$500; for each mountain lion, pan
tber or cougar, $1,000.
Section 2. Any person killing any
of the aforesaid animals in order to
obtain the bounty provided for in
Section of this act, shall within
six months OF the date of the killing,
present to the county clerk of the
county in which said animal or ami
ais have been killed, the entire skin
Of each of said animal or animals,
which skin includes and must have
ttached thereto all four of the paws,
or feet the tail and the skin of the
entire head, including both ears there
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and shall at the same time make and
lie with the said county clerk an
affidavit which shall be sworn to be
lore said officer, and which said affi-
lavit shall state: a. the kind OF
animal or animals from which said
SKIN or skins we're taken and the
number of skins SO presented; (2)
lat the county In which said animal
or animals were kille1 in ds) the
in which their skins are pre-
'ented for payment of bounty; (3)
hat said animal or animals from
which said skins were taken were
lot brought or received, dead or
alive, from any other county or state
(4) that said animals were killed on
or after the first day OF February,
one thousand, nine hundred and nine
and within six months from the date
'f making Of said affidavit; (5) tina
said animal or animals were killed
by the person presenting such skin
ia such county and In the
state of Ore son, and 60 that the
same were not fostered or whelped IL
captivity prior to the killing thereof;
and in addition thereto there shall
'e attached and made a part thereof.
ls affidavit of resident and tax
er Of said county. setting forth
that he Is resident and taxpayer Of
county. giving his postofflce ad
dress and stating that he is personally
acquainted with the applicant; that
has read the affidavit of the
applicant, presenting said skin OF
skins. and that he believes the same
to be true in every particular.
The said county clerk may, II he
deems 1t advisable, require of such
applicant for bounty such other
corroboratiye testimony as to him
seems proper concerning the truth
set forth in such affidavit; provided,
hat when in doubt as to the kind OF
skin or skins presented, whether wolf
Or coyote, the warrant shall be is
sued for the Lesser bounty.
Section 3. Upon the presentation
of the skin or skins as aforesaid OF
each coyote or coyote pup and the
making and filing OF the above men
TONED affidayits, the county clerk
shall. to prevent fraud, minutely
examine each skin presented, and
should such examination disclose that
ie entire skin, with all It's parts as
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