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shall not apply to Long Island. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of 

 this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to 

 a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each violation thereof. The counties of Wayne, Onondaga 

 and Oswego are hereby exempt from the provisions of this section in so far as it relates to the 

 killing or hunting with ferrets of hares and rabbits. 

 (As amd. by chap. 179 of Laws of 1896.) 



Beaver not to be Killed. 



§ 50. No beaver shall be caught or killed at any time in this state. Whoever shall violate 

 or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars for each beaver caught 

 or killed in violation of this section. 



(This sec. (No. 50) is chap. 463 of Laws of 1896.) 



Wolves and Panthers, Bounty. 



§ 52. A bounty of thirty dollars for each grown wolf, fifteen dollars for each pup- wolf, and 

 twenty dollars for each panther shall be paid to any person who shall kill such animals in 

 the state. 



Claim for Bounty ; how Proven. 



§ 53. The killing of a wolf or panther shall be proved by affidavit satisfactory to the super- 

 visor and one of the justices of the town where the animal was killed, and the deliverv to them 

 of the skull and skin thereof, which skull shall be by them burned, and the skin branded, so as 

 to be capable of identification. 



Certificate to be Issued. 



§ 54. The supervisor and justice so acting shall issue to the person making such satisfactory 

 proof a certificate directed to the county treasurer of the county, stating the kind of animal 

 killed, the date of killing and amount of bounty to which the person is entitled. 



County Treasurer to Pay Certificate. 



§ 55. The county treasurer to whom such certificate is directed shall pay the amount of 

 bounty specified in said certificate to the person holding the same, out of the funds of the 

 county, and on the presentation of said certificate to the comptroller, he shall allow the amount 

 thereof to the county by which it was paid in settlement of taxes due therefrom. 



§ 2. Article four of chapter four hundred and eighty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred 

 and ninety-two is hereby amended to read as follows : 



