Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-05-12 | Page 10 | Payment of Bounties under New Law

Payment of Bounties Under New First Certificate Reaches State Auditor Audi-tor Edwards; It Came From Cache County. The first certificate under ihe new animal ani-mal bounty law reached Slate Auditor Edwards yesterday it came from Cache county and was for one coyote hide, the bounty on which amounted to one- big round dollar. The certificate Itself kt a curiosity, showing the aafeguarde' thrown around the payment of bounties under the new law Thf opy w hich rc-.n li. il th.- Stub- Auditor Audi-tor from Cache county occupied a full It t-ter t-ter sheet, with printed form It contains tho affidavit of th- claimant for the bounty as to the animal klll-d, the affidavit affi-davit of another slating that he knows the claimant to be a citizen of Utah and a reputable man, and a lengthy certificate from the County "l-rk showing that Unlaw Un-law lias l. '-n fully 1 1 1 1 . i J with; that the skin had been examined in the presence pres-ence of another official, and that tl'-claws, tl'-claws, ears anJ ncalp had been cut off and destroyed. The stops necessary to secure a bounty On dead wild animals undor ihe new law are arduous and designed to discourage the Industry of bounty frauds that had such a vogue last fall.