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An Act to encourage the killing of Wolves in this State. 1838 20 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0037 and id is 1 raw text is: 20 An Act to encourage the killing of Wolves in this State. SHCTION. SECTION. 1. Premium for killing wo4. Penalty for toking wolf from trap. 2. Scalp o exhibited to mIntrt. c 5. Form of certificate. 3. Wolft killed by slave, master entitled to premium. Be it enacted by the Gene ral Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That if any person shall kill any wolf, in any county in this state, after the taking effect of this act, he shall be ctitled toi and receive, the sum of three dollars for all such wolves, to be paio out of the county treasury in which the said wolf or wolves shall havebeen killed. SE~c..2. Be it further enacted, That any person killing a wolf or wolves, ns aforesaid, shall exhibit the scalp or scalps, with both cars of said wolfor wolvcs, to a magistrate of the county, within said county, within thirty daj's after killing the same; and such magistrate shall strictly examinc such person, on oath, or any other person, being a competent witness, touching the time when, and place where, and bow, suci scalp was obtained, and whether the wolf-or wolves to which such scalp belonged, was taker and killed within the county; and whcn such magistrate shall be satisfied -that the person exhibiting said scalp or scalpsis entitled to the abovementioned premium or premi- ums, he shall give cuch person a certificate on the county treasury, for the same; and the said magistrate shall burn or otherwise destroy all said scalps for which he has given a certificate. SEc. 3. Anid be it further eliacted, That if any slave of any person shall kill any wolf, it shall aini may be lawful ibr the master or em- ployer of such slave, by exhibiting the scalp, and making proof before a magistrate, agrceably to the provisions of this act, in that case, the master or employer shall be' entitled to the premium, in the same manner as if such wolf had been killed by such master or employer. SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, That if any person shall take away any wolf out of any pit or trap, made or set to chich the same, thereby .to cheat or defraud the owper of such pit or trap of his premium, Fuch person, taking away as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pit-y to the owner of such pit or trap, the sum of four dollars for every wolf taken out as' aforesaid, with costs'of suit, to be recovered before any justice of the. peace of the proper county, by an action of debt; founded on this statute. SEa. 5. Be it further enacted, That the certificate to be given by the magistrate, as near as circumstances will admit; shall be if the form following, to wit: ' State of Arkansas, county of-- I, A; B., magistrate for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the sum of three dollars is due to C. D., as a premium for his killing

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