BOUNTIES. 



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killed as aforesaid in the town of which said chairman is supervisor, and of which 

 he shall have satisfactory evidence were killed by the person so producing such bod- 

 ies, to issue his certificate under his official signature to the county auditor of the 

 county * * * giving the number of said gophers so killed and thereupon the 

 county auditor shall draw and issue a warrant on the county treasurer for the amount 

 such person is entitled to receive under the provisions of the preceding section of 

 this act. * * * 



Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 

 (General Laws of Minnesota for 1887, Chap. 144.) 



This act was approved March 8, 1887, and under it bounties were 

 paid by sixteen counties to the amount of $46,197.53. In many of the 

 counties the money was paid largely or exclusively for the destruc- 

 tion of pocket gophers and blackbirds. Those which paid bounties in 

 part for the destruction of spermophiles are shown in the following 

 table. In this State the bouuties for spermophiles were paid mainly on 

 the Striped Gopher (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). 



Table showing bounties paid on Spermophiles by State of Minnesota. 



County. 



Becker 



Blue Earth. 



Hubbard 

 Le Sueur. 



MeLeod 

 Martin . . 



Meeker . 

 Nicollet 

 Nobles . . 



Norman 



Pope 



Renville . 



Scott 



Sibley.... 

 Wabasha. 

 Winona . . 



Total. 



Less bounties 

 on pocket 

 gophers, etc. 



Total for sper- 

 mophiles. 



Rate. 



Cents. 



Date. 



1887 



1887 



1888 

 5 1888 

 }1889 

 1887 

 1887 

 1887 

 1887 

 1887 



1887 



5 1887 



I 1889 



1887 



( 1887 

 { 1888 

 ( 1889 



5 1887 

 \ 1888 



1887-89 

 1887 



Total amount 

 paid on 



spermophiles 

 and other 

 animals. 



$1, 630. 27j 

 2, 982. 12< 



2, 190. 28 



294. 00 



79. 89( 



185. 00 < 



222. 11 



13, 000. 00 



981. 84 



2, 025. 00 



1, 997. 24 



1,071.71 



1 2, ooo. oo; 



t 2,100. 00< 

 4, 200. 00 



289. 93 



774. 36 



1, 078. 34 



2, 450. 00 



5, 279. 28 



1, 366. 16 



Total 

 bounty 

 paid by 

 county. 



$4, 612. 39 



2, 190. 28 



294. 00 

 264.89 



222,11 

 13, 000. 00 



981. 84 

 2, 025. 00 

 1, 997. 24 



1, 071. 71 



4, 100. 

 4, 200. 



2, 142. 63 



2, 450. 

 5, 279. 

 1,366. 



46, 197. 53 



7, 147. 40 



39, 050. 13 



Remarks. 



Probably not more than $100 paid for 

 blackbirds. 



10 per cent expended for pockot 

 gophers ($219.02). 



For six months. 



About $225 paid for pocket gophers. 



May 1 to Oct. 1. 



May 3 to Dec. 31. 



May 18 to Aug. 28, 90 per cent for 



Striped Spermophiles. 

 June 1 to Nov. 15. This includes a 



few dozen blackbirds. 



$200 paid for pocket gophers. 



May 16 to Dec. 31. 



Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. 



Jan. 1 to Oct. 26, 35 per cent for 



pocket gophers ($377.41). 

 May 18, 1887, to Jan. 15, 1888; $250 for 

 ; pocket gophers. 



90 per cent for pooket gophers 



($4,751.35). 

 Mav 1 to Nov. 1; 75 per cent for 



pocket gophers ($1,024.62). 



For Striped Spermophiles. 



t Approximate. 



Montana. — In 1887 Montana offered a bounty of 5 cents each on ground 

 squirrels and prairie dogs. The law took effect March 5 and remained 

 in operation about six months. On September 12, 1887, bounties had 



