AGENCY: Millard County (Utah). County Clerk
SERIES: 83327
TITLE: Bounty records
DATES: i 1913-1930; 1943-1945.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by certificate number, thereunder chronological
DESCRIPTION: These two volumes document the payment of county and state bounties for the killing of various predatory and other wild animal pests.
The first volume (1913-30) contains the certificate number, the date issued, to whom issued, address, the fund (county or state), the total amount paid, a column listing the predator (bear, mountain lion, cougar, grey wolf, coyote, lynx, wild cat, bobcat, or timber wolf), number, and the number collected, and the name of the person signing the corroborative affidavit of the claimant. The clerk keeping this record also noted when a warrant was not paid by the state on account of fraud. Carbon copies of reports to the State Auditor listing the number of the individual species killed, the amount of the bounty due on each species, and the total amount due, and the signature of the county clerk. The most common bounty claim was for coyotes.
A ten-page record (pp._50-59) of bounties paid for jackrabbits, gophers, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs over a three-year span (1917-19) is also found in this volume. The most common claim was for rabbits. (Later rabbit bounty claims [1921-24] are recorded in SERIES NUMBER 83725, which consists of redeemed warrants for rabbit scalps with ears attached.) The second volume (1943-45) is arranged chronologically and contains the date, hunter's name, address, certificate affidavit numbers (clerk's, claimant's, inspector's, and central board's), the number of each species and amount of bounty paid per animal, the number of each species killed, the amount of the bounty paid per animal (coyote, lynx, wolf, and cougar), and the total bounty paid. The most common bounty claim was for coyotes. Only nine pages of the second volume have been completed.
RETENTION
DISPOSITION
RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION
These records are in Archives' permanent custody.
AUTHORIZED: 05/28/2009
FORMAT MANAGEMENT
Paper: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.
APPRAISAL
Historical
This retention is based on the historical value of this record to document the bounty program and to examine the extinction of certain predators in range areas of Utah.
PRIMARY DESIGNATION
Public