342 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



" Elk. ' Repeal the whole act ; there would be just as many killed.' 



"Erie. 'It is our unanimous opinion that the entire act should be repealed ; it is 

 burdensome and inimical to the best interests of the farming community, and a use- 

 less expenditure of the county money.' 



" Fayette. ' No complaints from the people at large. Much trouble to the county 

 officers with the necessary papers, etc. ' 



" Forest. 'It would be wise to repeal the act as far as it refers to hawks, owls and 

 minks.' 



" Franklin. 1 The act ought to be repealed. Twenty-five wild cats, four hundred 

 and twenty-five foxes, one hundred and fifty-five minks, eighty-three weasels, six 

 hundred and seventy-eight hawks and sixty-eight owls.' 



" Fulton. ' Our opinion is favorable to continuing the law as it now is.' 



" Greene. 'Repeal the whole act, or at least that portion referring to hawks and 

 owls.' 



" Huntingdon. 'The law of 1885 should be repealed, and if any law is retained it 

 should be the same as the old law, having the orders directed to the county commis- 

 sioners instead of to the county treasurers. It makes considerable extra work for 

 the commissioners' clerk, and often puts persons entitled to an order to great incon- 

 venience to have it signed by the county commissioners in order to get the money, 

 as the commissioners in a majority of the counties only meet once each month. A 

 majority of the people in the agricultural districts of this county would oppose a re- 

 peal of the act. ' 



" Indiana. 'Our opinion is that the bounty should be taken off everything men- 

 tioned in the act of June 23, 1885, and an act passed to pay a bounty for every skunk 

 killed.' 



"Juniata. 'The entire act should be repealed.' 



" Lackawanna. ' We think that the whole act should be repealed, as it is a nui- 

 sance, especially so far as it refers to hawks and owls.' 



" Lancaster. ' The repeal of the act would have a good effect so far as our county 

 is concerned.' 



"Lawrence. 'It is the unanimous opinion of the board that the whole act should 

 be repealed, believing that the law is entirely unnecessary so far as our countj^ is 

 concerned. We have not heard one farmer in the county approve it, but many of 

 them condemn it. Its repeal is earnestly requested by all who have any knowledge 

 of its workings.' 



"Lebanon. 'The commissioners think that the part of the law referring to owls 

 and hawks should be repealed by all means. Aside (from the above owls and 

 hawks), we pay very little bounty, as foxes and other mammals are not sufficiently 

 numerous to affect our county.' 



" Lehigh. ' Repeal the whole act if it can be done ; if not, then repeal that portion 

 referring to hawks and owls, by all means.' 



" Ly coming. 1 Its repeal would disappoint the farmers in this county. In their 

 opinion, instead of a repeal, skunks or polecats should be added.' 



" McKean. 'Think that the whole act should be repealed, or at least that partre. 

 ferring to hawks and owls.' 



" Mercer. ' We are radically in favor of the repeal of the whole act, and in this 

 we are supported by the sentiment of the entire farming community of our county.' 



" MiJflin.'We favor the repeal of that portion which relates to hawks and owls, 

 and leaving the remainder as it now is.' 



" Montgomery. 'The repeal of that portion relating to hawks and owls would be 

 good.' 



" Northampton. 1 We are not in favor of repealing the act, and prefer it as it now 

 stands.' 



" Perry. 'The repeal or' the law would be worse than useless. The money 

 already paid in would be thrown away In the future, fewer mammals and birds 

 will be found and destroyed ; the number will gradually decrease each year.' 



" Schuylkill. 'The repeal or non-repeal of the law is immaterial to us.' 



