The disbursements 
se.Act. and penalties and fees of various kinds.. 
for general purposesbounties, etc. have run anywhere from ■ 
$225,000,00 to $665 j 000.00 per year, and the Department at the 
4 , m> , ( t; ** 
present time requires an average of about a half million■dollars 
per year to conduct its many activities. The budget of.the.Game 
\ ' ‘ \\ 
Commission for the 1922 fiscal year amounts to about $530,000*0®* 
LICENSES ISSUED 
Hunters* licenses issued since the passage of the Re^ 
sident Hunter’s License Act have been as follows; 
YEAR 
1913 
1'914 
1915 
1916 
191 
191 
1919 
1920 
1921 
RESIDENT 
1 < — ■ i nW| «, m i' w i!>■'«! > 
305,028 
298,972 
262,355 
290,422 
315,474 
311,290 
401,130 
432,240 
462 , 374 - 
*v» Cl 
X o 
The County Treasure 
the resident license fee and 5 $ 
NO N-RESIDENT 
. . »wie+*a0*mm*mm**m*"* 
(Data not tabulated) 
■ 4.62 
532 
'662 
588 
478 
1128 
1725 
1763 
» 
over the State receive 1<$ of 
of the non-resident license fee. 
Indications are that the.issuance of.licenses for 1922 will run 
somewhere between 475,000 and 500,000. 
PAYMENT OPBOUNTIES 
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The bounty system now in use in Pennsylvania is the only 
system of its kind in the united states. The payment of boun- 
* 
ties is now so safeguarded that large frauds are a matter of the 
past. The results obtained apparently have, been entirely sat¬ 
isfactory. Prom the l5th day of April, 1915 to March 1st, 1922 
bounties paid by the Game Commission by fiscal years have been as 
follows; 
WILD 
YEAR 
CAT 
GRAY POX 
1916° 
862 . 
5,124 
1917 
393 
3.734 
1918 
315 
3,310 
1919 
442 
4,474 
1920 
33.4 
4,527 
1921 
1922 00 
308 
3,372 
to date 
23 I 
3,319 
TOTALS 
2865 
27,860 
RED POX MINE WEASEL 
9.335 
3.33 6 
2,810 
4,246 
2,295 
3,375 
2,424 
4.845 
5.846 
4 ,328 
5,189 
2,253 
3,753 
39,111 
44,720 
28,631 
3M25 
53,873 
59,755 
6 37,079 
23,821 26,220 297,794 
Amount paid to counties to reimburse 
them for bounties paid under 1913 Act.. 
Total amount paid in bounties since 1913 
« « » « 
MOUNT ■ PAID ■ 
70 , 046.00 
66 ,6l4. 00 
47 , 089.00 
69 , 290.00 
125,184.00 
128,269.50 
■ 69,387.00 
$579,879.50 
■* > * , t 
.. $287,465.00 
..$ 863 , 344.50 
°includes bounties paid -from April 15, 1915 to 
December 1st, 1916 . 
°°includes bounties paid during months of Decem¬ 
ber, 1921, and .January and February, 1922. 
The advisability of continuing the payment of bounties 
on-wild cats, foxes and weasels is readily apparent and no fur¬ 
ther comment is necessary. 
