| Show STATE BOUNTY LAW IIi r MAY dA L I IH BECOME IE CO i AGAIN IN Evidence E th that t the state auditors outdo omco believes that the state bounty haws laws may mar soon s soon on become Jec uc operative again is found in a letter sent tt t w count county clerks In Utah recently h by D D. D K chief deputy In the thc orlice or or- orlice at L lice Hee of John E. E Holden auditor A few years cars ago ngo the e l legislature e re reduced rc eluded the thc bounty bount- tax tax to such figure that thal but little money money mner was vas yas available c for payment of One result 10 re- sult was that payments had to lo cease and amI hu hunting bounty ceased wills it it except except except- In such times of year ar as the pelt of the wild animal kill killed tl was worth a price that would repay the thc hunter or 01 trapper The Tho last legislature increased llie bounty tax on sheep end and goats goals anal on Oil range Iange horses and cattle JUr ll Moffat points points' out that that as it is now 1 written The law requires s that the pelt he lie turn turned d over o to the thc county clerks cleric in marketable cond tion oll wi w. h 1 1 si sixty l days of the killing lilling of the animal The claimant for bounty sells or 01 assigns assigns as ns- signs all right in it the pelt to the thc state The county clerk sends the thc pelt to the state board of agriculture which which markets it and credits the thc proceeds to the state bount bounty fund The now law does not liot provide Mr 11 Moffat says saS for expenses of carrying carrying carrying carry carry- ing out its provisions and hence the counties are called on to supply the thc necessary printed blanks for The law requires a corro corroborative a affidavit davit to be filed with the county clerk b by at least one reputable cItizen citizen citi cIti- zen and taxpayer of the county in which the animal was killed failed 0 |
