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CAP. V.

An ACT to encourage the destroying of Wolves.

Preamble.

 
WHEREAS many losses have been suffered by sundry Inhabitants of this Province, from the destruction of their Sheep by Wolves, to the great discouragement of the increase of that valuable Stock;

Bounty for each Wolf and Whelp.

 
I.   Be it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, That from and after the publication of this Act, a reward of Twenty Shillings shall be paid to any Inhabitant of this Province, for each full-grown Wolf he shall kill within the limits of the same, and Ten Shillings for each Wolf's Whelp under a year old, and to every Indian, Ten Shillings for every full-grown Wolf, and Five Shillings for every Wolf's Whelp under a year old, which he shall kill within the limits aforesaid.

Proof required.

 

 

 

Payment

 
II.   And be it further enacted, That whosoever shall kill any Wolf, Wolves, their Whelps or Whelp, shall bring the head or heads of the same, to one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace within the County, residing nearest to the place where the same shall be killed, who shall examine the party on Oath, (if he judge it necessary,) and, on being satisfied of his being entitled to the reward, shall disfigure the head of the Wolf or Whelp, by cutting off both the ears, and shall give under his hand and seal a certificate, specifying the reward to which the party is entitled, directed to the Treasurer of the Province, or his deputy, in case any such deputy shall be resident in the County, who shall pay the same out of the Monies belonging to the Province Treasury:   Which certificate shall be a sufficient Voucher to the Treasurer, for the Money paid by virtue of this Act.

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C. 5. Anno XXXII. Geo. III.   A. D. 1792.


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