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368 "Your committee beg leave to report as follows:

"It being admitted by all, that bears, wolves, panthers, etc., are destructive to the useful animals owned by the settlers of this colony, your committee would respectfully submit the following resolution, as the sense of this meeting, by which the community may be governed in carrying on a defensive and destructive war against all such animals:

"Resolved, 1. That we deem it expedient for this community to take immediate measures for the destruction of all wolves, bears, and panthers, and such other animals as are known to be destructive to cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs.

"2. That a treasurer be appointed who shall receive all funds and dispense the same, in accordance with drafts drawn on him, by the committee appointed to receive the evidences of the destruction of the above-named animals; and that he report the state of the treasury by posting up public notices once in three months in the vicinity of each of the committee.

"3. That a standing committee of eight be appointed, whose duty it shall be, together with the treasurer, to receive the proofs of evidences of the animals for which a bounty is claimed, having been killed in the Willamette Valley.

"4. That a bounty of fifty cents be paid for the destruction of a small wolf; $3.00 for a large wolf; $1.50 for a lynx; $2.00 for a bear, and $5.00 for the panther.

"5. That no bounty be paid unless the individual claiming said bounty give satisfactory evidence, or by presenting the skin of the head, with the ears, of all animals for which he claims a bounty.

"6. That the committee and treasurer form a board of advice to call public meetings, whenever they may