Show Proclamation WHEREAS Section 67 1 8 UCA 1953 provides in re regard regard regard re- re gard to the power of the Governor He may offer rewards not exceeding 1000 each payable out of the general fund for the apprehension of any convict who has escaped from the state prison or of any person who has committed or is charged with the commission of a fel fel- fel ony and WHEREAS recent increases in the price of meat products have lead to a substantial increase in the incidence of the rustling and theft of privately owned animals from farms ranches and ranges within the state of Utah and WHEREAS the rise in such theft offers a threat to the continued continued continued con con- financial stability of ot the livestock industry within the state of Utah NOW THEREFORE I Calvin L. L Rampton Governor of the State of Utah by virtue of the authority vested in me by the above quoted section of the statutes of the state of ot Utah do hereby offer rewards of 1000 for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person of a felony charge of theft of any privately owned livestock animal or animals from any farm ranch or range within the state of Utah provided the value of of the animal or animals at the time of the theft exceeds and thus falls taIls within the statutory definition of a felony In the event more than one person gives information leading to a single arrest and conviction the 1000 reward shall be divided between such persons in the proportions determined equitable by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the state of Utah This offer shall remain In force and effect until the 1st day of January 1974 unless a different termination date is established established established by subsequent proclamation IN TESTIMONY have set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of ot the State of Utah Done at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City Utah this x 1st day of August 1973 t s Calvin L. L Rampton Governor y i j ti i |