Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-05-27
Scalp Bounty Law.

Section /. There shall be paid by
the State of Oregon and the counties
thereof as in this act and in the man
ner hereinafter provided for the killing
and destruction of the following named
animals, hereafter killed in the State Of
Oregon. the following bountiss:
For each coyo.e or coyote pup, 81 so:
for each gray wolf or black wolf, IS. 90; ;
for each gray wolf pup, black wolf pup.
timber wolf or timber wolf pup, $3.50; ;
for each bob cat. wild cat or lynx, 81 90; +;
for each mountain lion, panther or cou
gar $1,000.
Sec. 2. Any person killing any of the
aforesaid animals in order to obtain tht
bounty provided for in section l of this
act, shall within six months of the date
of the killing, present to the COUNTY
clerk of the county in which said .ani'
NAL or animals have been killed, the en-
tire skin of each of said animal or ami
mails. which skin includes and mus
have attached thereto all four OF tn,
paws, or feet, the tafl and the skin OF
the entire head, Including both ears
thereof, eye holes, and the skin to til
of nose; and shall at the same time
make and file with the said county
clerk an affidavit which shall be sworn
to before said officer, and which said
affidavit shall state: ID the kind of
animal or animals from which said skin
or skins were taken and the number OF
skins so presented F.; (2) that the county
in which said animal or ANIMALS were
killed in ris the county in which their
skins are presented for payment of
bounty; (3) that said animal or ami
mails from which said skins were taken
were not bought or received, dead OF
alive, from any other county or state;
a. that said animals we're killed on OF
after first day of February, 1909, and
within six months from the date OF
making of said affidavit; (5) that said
animal or animals were killed by the
person presenting such skin or skins ID
such county and in the State of Oregon,
and (6) that the same were not fostered
or whelped in captivity prior to the
killing thereof: and in addition thereto
there shall be attached and made
part thereof, the affidavit OF a resident
taxpayer OF said comfy, giving his
postoffice address and stating that he if
personally acquainted with the sppli
cant; that he has read the affidavit
the applicant, presenting said skin or
skins, and that he believes the same to
| be true in every particular.
The said county clerk may, if he
deems it az visable. require of such ap-
plicant for bounty, such other corrober-
ative testimony as to h'm seems proper
concerning the truth set forth in such
! affidavit; provided, that when in doubt
as to what kind Of skin or skins pre-.
sented, whether wolf or coyote. the
warrant shall be issued for the lesser
| bounty.
! Sec. 8. Upon the presentation of the
| skin or skins as aforesaid of each coyo' e
or coyote pup and the making and filing
of the above mentioned afli 1avits, the
county clerk shall, TO prevent fra
minutely examine each skin presented,
and should such examination disclose
that the entire skin, with all Its parts as
is above set forth, including all four
paws, has not been severed, unattached, i,
punched, patched, or in any manner
marked, he shall there, in the presen ce
of the persons presenting such skin or
skins, mark each skin by severing the
skin from the head, including the scalp