Show DISPUTE OVER HOPPERS sanpete county wants too much money OPINION OF THE ATTORNEY there seems to bo be a misunderstanding somewhere as to the construction st to bo be placed upon the statute providing that a bounty be paid by the state for the destruction of harmful insects A bill presented to the state auditor by the clerk of sanpete county for the destruction of grasshoppers raises alio question as to the amount to be maidby paid by the state as well agthe as the point of tile remuneration of a receiving agent the bill in question is for grasshoppers kill killed jues between juno june 29 and aug 5 and is for the official has evidently interpreted the law as providing that a it bounty of I 1 cent per pound bo be paid the bill being at that rate while state auditor thought that two thirds of that amount was meant the compensation for a receiving agent was wits also included in the bill and the auditor asked the attorney general for an opinion upon the matter the opinion of attorney A thorne y general breeden Br which was rendered yesterday is as follows you are advised in reply to our favor of the dinst that section 2 chapter II 11 sessions laws of 1903 relating to bounty for the destruction of grasshoppers fixes the maximum to be paid as such bounty not to exceed I 1 cent per pound for such insects section 7 requires s the state to pay under certain conditions two thirds of the amount paid out ns as bounty for the destruction of such insects it is is to be understood that not more than one cent per pound can in any event bo be paid under this act and the state can not be held liable for more than two thirds of such anio amount urit any additional expense attending the destruction oi of these insects such as the services 0 og receiving agent which the county commissioners are authorized to appoint must be paid out of the county finances if paid at all and for whose compensation the state is in no manner liable the tile bill presented by alie san ban peto pete county clerk reveals the fact that this county is far ahead of the others of the state in the baisi raising n of this desolating insect deducting the amount in the bill for the receiving agent amour amou ing ling to it it is iFf shown that there were pounds of grasshoppers destroyed y ed between the above dates for the week ending juno june 13 there were pounds of the tile insects killed making a total upon which bounty is asked for a period of six weeks of pounds or more than fifty four fou r tons by estimating that there are of the insects to the pound this would give nearly grasshoppers anepete is the only county in which an ordinance has been in affect providing for a bounty on grasshoppers gas grasshoppers shoppers although such an ordinance cnance has recently been passed by the commissioners of juab county Tribu tribune tio before you make a purchase consult the messenger ads |