Show TO TIlE THE GRASSHOPPERS Erratic Little Devastators f to bo be Exterminated by LAHSEN IA FOUGHT I FOR KOK LAW LAWt IA t omit 10 It Ia of if it f or r The I i Or Death leoth to time the fl the that quicken th tie pulse and amid revived the springs of tory try In C r P during durin the tle late His activity In aging war upon the tue of time thu wheat i into the tho following law for a bounty on oil these i 4 n creatures dead or Sena ilena tr did not timid find hU his path char him him when he proposed thIs bill lot for time tho hail had some friend lit Ii tin tie senate but In an un Indirect way cily First they thay cut down the amount of or bounty for by ole tiu author ot of the bill and those who were weis fearful ot of Inability ot if time thu state revenues to 0 neet nil nh the demands maude made upon them to let time the hup but Senator Larson Iarsen Blood faithfully by Imy his lii until he tie found It safely landed In tIme tho hands of time the governor Tim law IB Is UH us An Mi act to hit destruction of f grasshoppers locusts and amid crickets to provide IL bounty for foi tim tho of the same anti and to prevent fraud In obtaining time the bounty anti to provide for the violation thereof making appropriation He Be It enacted by th time Legislature pt tf th State of Utah S Section 1 I Tho boards of county coin of time tho ie of this state shall be anti and hereby sure empowered Whenever in their time the lost best Interests of the county demand to provide by for forthe forthe the payment of rewards for the de do destruction of grasshopper locusts anti ami cic Sot Boo 2 Tho Thu bounty shall ut at no n I cent per pound for audi In p aforesaid but may be In a lest amount 3 TIme The person or persons who hereafter destroy un any of tho tue above named Insects In iii order to re cc receive the tho bounty mentioned In the Hie next preceding section shall the thu same as required by imy time the county com establishing time the bounty or ordinance ordinance In with tha tue mimo of net nd before time the county or receiving agent ami It bf be the duty of such nuch clerk or um receiving to examine per ver person son or persons or such other nersis pr r iu the sail Bald ajar deem on oath or affirmation touching the time when and amid time the place whore seth iuli insects were caught and the clr cli clit t thereof eec 4 It u oa such examination the or agent shall bo ha Antis Ped that the grasshoppers locusts or crickets were caught within the of the county for which such or receiving agent U is to act lie lio shall Immediately cause c such insects tu ii be properly burled buried and Issue iesue re receipts and upon presentation of cf such receipts the county clerk cleric shrill to such perron ierson or persons a war warrant rant on the county treasurer for saul said Sue 5 limo Tito county commissioners art are hereby empowered to appoint a receiving lag ing agent In each town or precinct In their respective counties with Ii author authority ity Ry to carry out the provisions of this act tut and the thi bounty ordinance enacted by the thie county commissioners B M re ru agents shall give booths bond re respectively In tIme the sum of JM for tIme the faithful performance of their dust Icse Pee 6 The agents agent afore Rid shall shah keep keci on file nn an Item lied re vs receipted statement showing the quan qunis quantity titI of ff said Insects received sail ami dp cm strayed In their r districts In which they were can caught slit with thi lit amount of reward to be paid signed by tIme the Person nr or who tuba me ame to receive the bounty anti and transmit n a full report of time the record to the county clerk semimonthly See Sec 7 The county count clerk of each county shall keep a true time account of the moneys paid nut under the provision of till ibis act and whenever time tho amount no so paid reaches the mini of 0 O or more the clerIc shall shah present sail paid account sworn to by him n II being true tnie and correct to time the state auditor who shall draw his warrant on tIme the state treasury for two thirds of said paid amount which shull be paid palti by said treasurer out of any money not otherwise appropriated Soc Boc S 5 Any person or ex ax exhibiting to the county clerk or any receiving any Br lo ho or 01 crickets with Intent to d tl fraud the state or who shall mien avoid any of the provision of thin his not act shall be guilty f n 1 misdemeanor and upon tip mn convict Ion thereof shah be e fined not lees than 1 nor more moru than 1800 of or by imprison taint In the tho county jail for army any peril x rM not at to exceed six months or by lx both th tine fine Imprisonment F 9 of nil all amounts l ald out under tho th of thi titi oct act shall shah be paid pali by the county where iii amount Is and ti 1 two thirds third of amount shall be paid by thin tale state Anti And for the f of car out the provisions of this art act them In is hereby appropriated out nut of It th thC C general revenue of this the state the turn euro of or am so o much u as racy may be anti and not otherwise printed Eee ec 10 This Thin shall take effect upon approval |