68 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



u 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 repealed ; it is burdensome and inimical to the best interests of the 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 useless expenditure of the county money." 



a Fayette. ' No complaints from the people at large. Much trouble 

 to the county officers with the necessary papers, etc.' 



u Forest. ' It would be wise to repeal the act as far as it refers to 

 hawks, owls and minks.' 



a Franklin. ' The act ought to be repealed.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.' 



u Fulton. * Our opinion is favorable to continuing the law as it 

 now is.' 



u 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 ' The law of 1885 should be repealed, and if any 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 commissioners instead of to the county treas- 

 urers. It makes considerable extra work for the commissioners' clerk, 

 and often puts persons entitled to an order to great inconvenience 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 repeal of the act.' 



' Indiana. ' Our opinion is that the bounty should be taken off 

 everything mentioned 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" Juniata.*' The entire act should be repealed.' 



u Lackawanna. ' We think that the whole act should be repealed, 

 as it is a nuisance, 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. c It is the unanimous opinion of the board that the 

 whole act should be repealed, believing that the law is entirely un- 

 necessary so far as our county 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.' 



k ' Lebanon. ' The commissioners think that the part of the law re- 

 ferring to owls and hawks should be repealed by all means.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 animals are not sufficiently numerous to affect our county.' 



u Lehigh. ' Repeal the whole act if it can be done ; if not, then re- 

 peal that portion referring to hawks and owls, by all means.' 



^Ly coming. 'Its repeal would disappoint the farmers in this 

 county. In their opinion, instead of a repeal, skunks or pole-cats 

 should be added.' 



fc ' McKean. ' Think that the whole act should be repealed, or at 

 least that part referring to hawks and owls.' 



u 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 farm- 

 ing community of our county.' 



