Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-01
Navel Duty Awaits Woman Clerk
Elect Of Salt Lake
County.
ERE PAYING OUT BouNTIEs
o,.snscd Hunter Who Loses $3.50 Be-
cause lie Did Not Comply
with the Law.

,r,,nr the new duties awaiting
ca,ntv clerk elect Margaret Iano
vi,ehor. when she takes Office, is ono
,t., would be considered by most Of
erals in like position IN Other
.fsfes az least. novel This duty
vb.,h tho county law says shall be per-
forned by tho county clerk, consists
N removing the bone from tho right
fore lex OF tho skins Of animals upon
which the county and the associated
sheep men pay bounty
ordinarily il is not considered as a
qualification for the office OF county
elork. for tho incumbent 70 be posses
eed OF a knowledge Of how a WELD a
sknnlng knife, but the law regarding
the payment Of bounties In Utah is not
an ordinary law II was made as It IL
only after the state had been mulcte1
az considerable money, by designing
deputy county clerk and others, and
Che rule which now applies necessltates
she removal OF the bone Of the right
fore leg Of the animal by tho county
clerk. who must make oath that he has
reformed the operation.
As the law stands now, the hunter Is
required, when he applies for the
bounty on a coyote. lynx or wild cat,
10 present. for the inspection OF the
county clerk, the whole pelt Of he
animal. including the ears and tail, and
the polt must not only be intact. but It
must contain the bone OF the right fore
leg as nature placed II. This bone must
be removed and destroyed by the rep
Tesentativo Of the county after which,
other regulations having been COM
piled with. the owner Of the pelt re-
caives Il again. together with $3.50
half Of which Is paid by the county
and the other half BY the sheepmen.
AS a further safeguard against UNI
due perfidy and that thrift which be-
fore cost the state 80 dearly, the law
now provides that IN addition to the
production OF the pelt OF the animal.
ihe slayer thereof must produce at
least ono credible witness willing 60
make oath 10 his Identity before the
county clerk.
When the county clerk has compiled
with the rest OF the law, by skinning
out the bone and destroying Il, ana
taking the oath OF the witness respect
ing the Identity OF tho applicant for
bounty, he makes another affidavit, OF
certificate, addressed to the state audi
tor 90 whom the applicant goes for his
money which, by the way, under the
existing void, where the bounty fund
should be, he doesn't get
No bounties are being paid at pres
emit owing 20 tho fact that the appro-
priatiou provided by the last legisia-
ture Tor their payment has been eN-
= q a. y al
no bounties can be paid.
A DIsGusTBD HUNTER
Yesterday a hunter whose disgust
was too sincere and deep seated 10 adj
nit " T. remaining IN the office OF
the county clerk long enough to give
his name or address, became suddenly
aware OF the fact that he had lost the
better part Of his winters work
through ignorance Of the bounty law.
This man had hunted and trapped
during the winter. and when he came
20 the city yesterday. he presented at
the clerks Office, pelts the bounty on
which should have been approximately
$3.50 Through ignorance OF the fact
that the bone must be left IN the right
fore leg, and that the pelts must be
intact even to the paws, ears and tail,
he las out Of pocket the entire bounty
retain the pelt presented for bounty
ihe clerk skins the bone out and de-
siroys A. which makes It impossible
that bounty shall ever again be paid
on the same pelt. after which Il s
returned 20 the hunter. who thus has
chance 10 dispose Of Il. thereby max
ing that much more. In most cases,
where the pelt OF a coyote Wild cat
on lynx Is presented FOR bounty. the
hunter does not care 10 retain H. as
81 has little or no commercial value,
On which case the leg containing the
bone IS cut OF and incinerated in the
Office furnace.
Two sets OF bounty books, in dupll-
cato arn kept, one Of which shows the
bounty paid by thC state. the other
that Tor which the sheep men are res
spons.be and these books show a COM
meio record OF every bounty pad aud
every particular cDnIected with o.