AGENCY: Washington County (Utah). County Clerk

SERIES: 85285
TITLE: Bounty certificates
DATES: i 1907-1931; 1943-1974.
ARRANGEMENT: Numerical by certificate number

DESCRIPTION: To eliminate predator problems within the county a bounty system was established to pay hunters to kill specific animals. Each hunter needed to bring the skins to the auditor's office within 60 days of the kill. The skins were individually priced and payment was made upon receipt.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule Bounty record and index, GRS-248

AUTHORIZED: 05/28/2009

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Microfilm duplicate: For records beginning in 1907 through 1975. Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical

This disposition is based on the record's secondary informational value. These volumes inform policies of predator control, issues of extermination of predators, and the livestock deaths on range areas.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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