The Winslow mail., 1912-05-18
In the Legislature

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to the people of this community
were introduced IN the Legisla-
ture this week as follows:
Bill No. 1873, by Mr.. A. 6. Cur,
ry ITO amend Paragraph 1909
(Sec. / y, 1910 (Sec. 2.), and 4211
(Sec. 8 J Of Title LXXIV Of the
Revised Statutes of Arizona,
1901, and the Acts amendatory
thereof" +"
1909 (Sec } Each Board of Super
visors in this State shall pay as rev ards
for the destruction of wild animals in
their COUNTIES as follows: Lobos or tim
Der wolves, mountain lions, panthers
and bears, Ten $4,000 Dollars each;
and may pay for the destruction of the
following wild animals in their counties
as follows: Racoons, Twenty five ($0.25)
Gents each; lynx and wild cats, One
($lO0) Dollar each; and jack rabbits.
gophers and prairie dogs, Five ($005)
Cents.
Sec. 2. That Paragraph 4210 (Sec. q
of Title LXXIV of the Revised Statutes
of Arizona, 1901, be, and the same is
hereby amended so that the said Para
graph shall read as follows:
4210. (Sec. g. The persons who shall
kill any of the above named animals in
order tn receive the reward mentioned
in the preceding paragraph, shall pro-
duce the entire hide of such animal,
except jack rabbit, the ears of which
shall be sufficient, before the Board of
Supervisors in and for the county in
which such animal was killed.
SEC. 3. That Paragraph 4211 (Sec. B.
of Title LXXIV of the Revised Statutes
of Arizona, 1901, be. and the same is
hereby amended so that the said Para
graph shall read as follows:
4211. (Sec 3:) When the hide of any
animal above mentioned is produced it
shall be the duty of the Board of Super
visors to mark or mutilate said hide in
such manner that the bounty cannot
again be collected on the same; said
marking or mutilating to be done in a
way which will injure as little as poss-
ible the commercial value of said hide,
which will then become the property Of
the county in which the bounty is paid.
1t shall be the duty of the Board of
Supervisors to diligently examine such
person and such other witnesses as such
Board of Supervisors may deem proper,
on oath Or affirmation, touching the
time. when and the place where such
animal was taken and killed, by the
person producing the hide thereof with
in the limits of the county in which
such BOARD of Supervisors shall have
jurisdiction; and the affidavit of at least
one person other than the claimant and
in the county, and the date that he saw
it, with the description of the animal.
Such affidavit may be made before any
Justice of the Peace or Notary Public
within the county where the amin al
was killed, and the Justice of the Peace
or Notary Public shall also certify to
the facts on the back of the affidavit of
the claimant. ;. =
Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict with this Act are hereby re-
pealed.
SEQ. S. This Act shall take effect and
be in force ninety 1907 days after the
close of this session of the Legislature.
Bill No. 166, by Mr.. Frank
Crofoot, Providing for a gener-
al election for a Representative
in Congress, State, county and
precinct officers in the State of
Arizona in the year nineteen
hundred and twelve.
Sec. 1. That general election for
the purpose of electing Representa-
tive in Congress and all State, county
and precinct officers in the State of
Arizona shall be held on the first Tues
day after the first Monday in the month
Of November, nineteen hundred and
twelve.
SEC. 2. Such election shall be held
under the provisions of the Revised
Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and amend
ments thereto, relating the elections
subject to the provisions hereof.
Sec. 8. Upon the completion of the
canvass of the returns by the Board of
Supervisors in each county, such board
shall make out in duplicate complete
statement of the votes cast for all can
didates for State officers. including
Judges of the Superior Courts in each
county, and Representatives in Con-
gress, within five days thereafter and
shall forward such duplicate statements
to the Secretary of the State. On the
first Monday in December, 1912, the