BOUNTIES. 



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bits. The ' Los Angeles Times' states that no less than 4,000 scalps were 

 secured in the drive near Traver, March G, 1892, and as many as 5,391 

 have been deposited by a single person at one time. The ordinance 

 under which these bounties were ])aid will serve as an illustration of 

 those in other counties. It was passed October ol, 1891, and reads as 

 follows : 



Okuinanck No. 46. 



Tlie l)Ocard of suiiervisors of tho Couuty of Tulare, State of California, do ordain 

 as follows : 



Section 1. [Provides for a bounty of 2i cents on ground squirrel scalps.] 



Skc. 2. That a bounty of one and one-half (.$0.0U) cents be paid by this county 

 on each and every scalj) taken from a, jack rabbit, containing both ears of said dead 

 animal, killed or destroyed by any person or ])erson8 in this couuty, upon the said 

 person or persons so killing or destroying said animal dejmsitiug said scalper scalps 

 with any iiotary public, justice of the peace, or any oliicer authorized by law to take 

 affidavits, and certify claim with said aflidavit, together with aflidavit of such officer 

 that said scalp or scalps have been destroyed by lire to this board. 



Sec. 3. That said bounty shall be paid by the county until such time when the 

 funds set apart for that purpose shall be exhausted, or until this ordinance be 

 rei)ealed or rescinded by this board. 



Sec. 4. That this ordinance take effect and be in force from and after the 31st day 

 of October, 1891. 



Sec. 5. [Provides for iiublication of the ordinance.] 



So far as figures are available, the amount expended in California is 

 about $10,000, although no returns have been received from Sau 

 Bernardino County. The amounts disbursed are shown below: 



liable showing expenditures for Bounties by Counties in California. 



County. 



Butte . . 

 Colusa. 



Fresno 



Modoc 



San Keruariliuo. 



Sha.sta 



Sutter 



Tulare 



Bounty iu force. 



Number i Rate per 

 of scalps. { scalp. 



Jan. 7, 1887, to Feb. 1, 18!(0. ... 

 5Feb. 10, 1888, to Si'i't. 12, 1892. 

 ?Sept. 12, 1892, to Feb. 1, 1894. . . 



35, 000 



;n, 000 



27. 559 



Three months, 1886 



Aug. 25 to Dec. 6, 1893 



Alay 11, 1891, to Mar. 1, 1892 



Sept. 25, 1893, to July 9, 1 894 .'. 



Oct. 31, 1891, to Nov!, 1894 > j * 200, 000 



Ceiits. 

 10 



^% 



14 

 3 



20 

 5 

 8 



HI 



Amount 

 expended. 



$3, 500. 00 



4, 800. 00 



500. 00 

 826. 77 



342. 55 



1 3, 040. 42 



3, 000. 00 



* Estimated from amounts expended. 



t Includes also bounties on gopliers and ground siiuirrels, at 5 cents per scalp. 



IDAHO. 



Two counties iu Idaho — Ada and Canyon — are now paying bounties 

 on jack rabbits at the rate of 3 cents per scalp. Mr. Charles S. Kings- 

 ley, county clerk, has kindly supplied the tigures for the expendi- 

 tures iu Ada Couuty, and wrote, under date of August 24, 1895, as 

 follows: 



''The county began the payment of bounty July, 1878. and from that 

 time until October, 1880, paid $8,129.75; from the latter date to the 



