The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-04-01
Bounties Greatly Increased;
County Commissioners To
Tax Stock Under Law.
ENACTNEW AUTOLAW
Auto License Collectable By
Assessor; County Gets rs
Per Cent of the Mon.

Idaho county has oodles of carniver-
Gus and ravenous animals that need
for the protection of the
vast herds OF stock which range It's
bunch grass hills and blue stem val
aeys. II also has many sportsmen and
expert hunters who will be pleased to
learn that the bounty has been restor-
ed by the state on predatory animals,
and that the prices have been increased.
The stockmen who have to foot the
bill by means OF a tax levied on their
stock, may have a kick coming, but no
hunter has.
The Idaho legislature at it's recent
session. amended the law regulating
bounties by the state for the exter-
mination of predatory animals. Coun-
ty commissioners are directed by the
act to levy a special tax of mills
on the dollar of the assessed valuation
Of sheep, and one mill on the dollar
each for cattle. hogs and horses, to
be collected as taxes and kept as a
separate fund to defray the expenses
,of paying the following bounties: For
each coyote, lynx and wildcat, $3.50;
for each bear or wolf, $40: for each
cougar or mountain lion, $25.
General supervision of the operations
under the law Is lodged with the i've
stock sanitary board, which will APP
point q predatory animal inspector in
each county. Entire skins claimed are
to be submitted to this Inspector, to-
gether with affidavit that the animals
We're killed by the affiant in the state
of Idaho after March 1, 1915. The in
spector will detach the four paws of
each skin and mail them, with affida-
Wit, to the state veterinarian, postage
or expressage to be paid by the person
asking bounty.
New Auto Law Now In Effect.
A copy of the automobile and high
way laws of the state OF Idaho, as
passed by the Thirteenth legislature,
and approved by the governor March
IL, has been received in the city. The
new laws amend those passed at the
1918 session of the legislature, and
re-create the state highway commits
sion; prescribe for the appointment
of a state highway engineer; provide
for the construction and Improvement
of state highways; authorize the en-
ployment by the commission Of con-
victs in the state penitentiaryi require
the registration OF motor vehicles and
OF dealers In, and manufactures of,
OF chauffers, and the payment re-
quired annually for such registration;
create a state highway fund and ap-
propriate ITS moneys; define the du-
ties of the state. county and city Off
GERS for the enforcement of the law.
and with reference to state highways
and good roads districts and to license
vehicles propelled by motor power.
An emergency was declared to exist
at the time the act was passed, and
its approval took place Immediately.
therefore 1t rs now law.
The salient features of the new
law are many. The annual fee for
licensing motor vehicles of 80 horse
power or less Is fixed at SIS; from 30
to 40 horsepower, $20i up to and in
Guiding SO horsepower, $25; over so
horsepower, $40; and the motorcycle
license shall be IS.
Twenty five per cent of this motor
revenue in any county and money
collected for fines and penalties, shall
at the end of each quarter be paid
into the office OF the state treasurer,
to become a part of the state highway
fund. The other rs per cent shan
accrue to the county in which col
lected, and the county commissioners,
as often as they see fit, shall appor-
tion the same as follows: To the
interest and sinking fund such
amounts as may be necessary to meet
the requirements of those two funds
for the current year on any unpaid
bonds issued by the county for road
and bridge purposes, or refundins
bonds to take up such bonds. Aftel
meeting these requirements. the COM
missioners shall apportion and pay
over to the treasurer of any organized
and existing highway or good roads
district within such county such por-
tion of the balance of such funds as
the amount of license money COLLECTED
from such highway or good roads dis
trict shall bear to the total amount o
license money collected in the whoh
of the county, and a further balance
shall be apportioned to the road ant
bridge fund.
Application for the registration o
motor vehicles shall be made to ths
secretary of the state highway com
mission through the assessors of th'
several counties, blanks to be sup
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