81-7-111. Evidence of killing by bounty claimant. (1) Any person killing any of the aforesaid animals, except mountain lions, to obtain bounty thereon shall within 30 days of the date of the killing:
     (a) exhibit the entire skin or skins of the said animal or animals, including the entire head with ears, the tail, and all four paws to the bounty inspector nearest to the locality in which the animal or animals were killed; and
     (b) at the same time file with the bounty inspector, as hereinafter provided, an affidavit setting forth:
     (i) that he killed the animal or animals from which the skin or skins were taken;
     (ii) that the same was killed nearer to or, if more than one hide is presented, that the greater number were killed nearer to the residence of the said bounty inspector to which the same was presented than to any other bounty inspector; and
     (iii) the county or counties in which said animals were killed.
     (2) Any person killing any mountain lion to obtain bounty thereon shall present the same to a bounty inspector as provided in this section for wolves and coyotes, except that, in addition to the requirements of this section, the skins of mountain lions shall also contain the entire skin of the lower jaw, which shall be severed by the bounty inspector and thereafter treated in the same manner as scalps of wolves and coyotes herein provided.
     (3) Every bounty inspector appointed under the provisions of 81-7-111 through 81-7-122 shall be empowered to administer oaths to any and all persons making any affidavit as aforesaid.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.5, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1906.