The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-04-28
INFORMATION FOR
VARM|NT HUNTERS
EXTRACTS FROM NEW STATE
LAW-sEPARATE 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:
5ction 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
n the State OF Oregon, the follow
ing bounties: For each coyote or
coyote pur, $3.50; for each gray
wo'f or black VOL, $500; for each
gray wolf pup, black wolf pup, tim
Der wolf or timber wolf pup, $3.50;
for each bob cat. wild cat or lynx,
$500; for each mountain lion. pan
ther or cougar, $1,000.
Section 2. Any person killing any
Of the aforesaid animals in order to
obtain the bounty provided for in
Section 4 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
nails 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.
or, eye holes, and skin to tip of nose;
and shall at the same time make and
Tile with the said county clerk an
affldavit which shall be sworn to be.
fore said officer, and which said affi-
davit shall state: Q) the kind of
animal or animals from which said
SKIN or skins were taken and the
number of skins so presented; GU
lat the county In which said animal
or animals were killed in ds) the
in which their skins are pre-
sented for payment of a bounty; 60
that said animal or animals from
which said skins were taken were
not 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
Of making of said affidavit; 60 tha,
said animal or animals were killed
py the person presenting such skin
rs in such county and in the
state OF Oregon, and (6) that the
same were not fostered or whelped II
captivity prior to the killing thereof;
and in addition thereto there shall
1e attached and made a part thereof,
ne affidavit of resident and tax.
er of said county, setting forth
lhat he is a resident and taxpayer of
.d county, giving his poatoffice ad-
uress and stating that he Is personally
acquainted with the applicant; tha
has read the affidavit of the
applicant, presenting said skin or
skins, and that he believes the same
to be true in every particular.
Inc said county clerk may. if he
deems It advisable, require of such
applicant for bounty such other
corroborative testimony as to him
seems proper concerning the truth
set forth in such affidavit; provided.
that 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 affidavits, the county clerk
shall, to prevent fraud, minutely
examine each skin presented. and
should such amlnation disclose that
ne entire skin, with all its parts as
is above set forth, including all four