SD.MK HOUNTY RECORDS. 



Tlic laliuhiti'ii bounty records which ap|)(-ai- on siic- 



(■(•(■(iiiiu pa.Ufs \V(>iv i>ai(i inulcr Ihc aiM of .liiiio •_'."!, 



portion of the act of "S-'i tliat allowtHi bounties for 

 H:i\vl;s. Owls and \\'casels. These hnvs caused an 

 enoiiuoHs expenditure of money. It is believed lo be 

 a conservative estimate to state that fully ^150,01)0 

 were i>aid out in bounties, and considerably more than 

 half of this amooiii was cxiieuded for bii-ds of prey or 

 otlier kinds of feaihcnd animals which were believed 

 to bi> Hawks and Owls. It has bwMi absolutely im- 

 IMisisible tO' secure from; a number of i^tunties any 

 records which would show the number of each species 

 of bird or mammal on which premiums were paid. In 

 file majority of cases this is due to the fact that county 

 officers did not preserve the bounty certificatt\s after 

 their accounts weiv audited at the end of eacii year. 

 'Hie writer has expended a .irreat deal of time, consider 

 able money and experienced a loi ef i rouble lo obtain 

 all the facts possible in lonneiiiou with receiil scalp 

 acts, and as a result the records which follow are un- 

 doubtedly the nuvst comi)lete that have ever been pub- 

 lished in connection with the scalp act of June '2-\. 1SS5. 



THE BOl'NTY ACT OF ISS.".. 



The scalji act .)f June •2:\. ISS.'i, under which so many 

 birds, ."tc. w.M'e slain reads as follows: 



".\n act for the .lestruotioii of Wolves. WiKKais. K...\os, .MiiiKs. 

 Hawks. Weasels ,<iinl Owls in this Commonwealth 

 "Section 1. Thai f.ir the benelit .if agriculture ami for tli.- 

 pi'ote<'tion of game within th'.s Commonwealth, there Is hereb.v 

 estahlished the following premiums for the destruotion of cer- 

 tain noxious animals and birds, to be p.ild bj- the respective 



