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Crafty Angler · 07-21-2009, 09:55 AM

Holy Schnikes...

Hey, here ya go...

An Act To Provide For A Bounty On Seals. Сhap. 200

Be it enacted, etc., as follows:

Section 1. A bounty of two dollars shall be paid to every person who kills a seal in this commonwealth provided that within ten days thereafter he exhibits to the treasurer of any city or town the whole skin of the seal, with the nose in the same condition as at the time of the killing, and signs and makes oath to a certificate stating that he killed the seal, that it was killed in this commonwealth, and giving the date and place of the killing. The treasurer shall thereupon cause to be cut off and burned the nose of the seal, wholly destroying it, and shall pay the said bounty, taking the claimant's receipt therefor. He shall then forward to the treasurer and receiver general the certificate aforesaid with a statement that he has paid the said bounty in accordance herewith, and that the claimant personally appeared before him and made oath as aforesaid. The treasurer and receiver general shall then pay to the city or town treasurer the sum of two and one half dollars, of which sum fifty cents shall be retained by the city or town treasurer as a fee for his services hereunder.

Penalty

Section 2. Any person who shall obtain the bounty herein provided for by a false representation, and any person who brings into the commonwealth a seal, whether dead or alive which was not taken or killed in this commonwealth or in the waters thereof, for the purpose of obtaining the said bounty, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Approved May 29, 1919

I'm surprised Mike P didn't come up with this...

07-21-2009, 09:55 AM	#18
Crafty Angler Geezer Gone Wild iTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,397 Blog Entries: 2	Holy Schnikes... Hey, here ya go... An Act To Provide For A Bounty On Seals. Сhap. 200 Be it enacted, etc., as follows: Section 1. A bounty of two dollars shall be paid to every person who kills a seal in this commonwealth provided that within ten days thereafter he exhibits to the treasurer of any city or town the whole skin of the seal, with the nose in the same condition as at the time of the killing, and signs and makes oath to a certificate stating that he killed the seal, that it was killed in this commonwealth, and giving the date and place of the killing. The treasurer shall thereupon cause to be cut off and burned the nose of the seal, wholly destroying it, and shall pay the said bounty, taking the claimant's receipt therefor. He shall then forward to the treasurer and receiver general the certificate aforesaid with a statement that he has paid the said bounty in accordance herewith, and that the claimant personally appeared before him and made oath as aforesaid. The treasurer and receiver general shall then pay to the city or town treasurer the sum of two and one half dollars, of which sum fifty cents shall be retained by the city or town treasurer as a fee for his services hereunder. Penalty Section 2. Any person who shall obtain the bounty herein provided for by a false representation, and any person who brings into the commonwealth a seal, whether dead or alive which was not taken or killed in this commonwealth or in the waters thereof, for the purpose of obtaining the said bounty, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. Approved May 29, 1919 I'm surprised Mike P didn't come up with this... Last edited by Crafty Angler; 07-21-2009 at 10:12 AM..
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