loner8' court or 6ll.q oounty v1thl.n the body oiany inomporated elty or tom opriete ?unda Sor the pro6eoution of vodeat oontrol vork contemplated by oa vlth State and Federal authorltier to mploy labor and to purehse and povlde wppllea requ5md for the efie&iVe Statute (Art. roaeoution O? thtsl vork. SeotlOn 7 OP fhir 192b P expressly prov&dea that no bounty Is to be oolleated fromenyoowty or other. 8ow?ce foranimals tekenby huntera or t~ppere operating under the dot. It is apparent that Artlole 192b has no applio&tion to the question under oon- sideration.

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sine0 the npe81 of APt101wl 192 elm3 192a, Vomon'8 Aaaotated Civil statuter, by tha 41st LeglrlatuPe, there b88 been no gener81 8tstuts euthmlslag the paJaunt of a bounty on volvea or ooyotes. Bowwr, thers are aov 8ewrnl speaI81 rtat- the Caml88icmerr ' Cmrtr of 8aId oountier to uter auttroriring for the ertermlmtlon of volvoo, aoyotea, pouket pay bounties other prechtary l nlamlr, but nom of them 8pply to ~o$zw& . Stated Uffmntly, we h8ve been unable to ftnd any rktute authorlring Ony County to p8 8 bount en volve8 or ocvyoter adl in the sbson~e of 8uoh rta utory au i ?b wlty, the Comnl881-8 omrt of said county ounaot Zeg8lly pay a bounty Sor the oxterminatfon of volver or ooyotes. It 18 eImentary that a Coamf88loner8~ Court has only ouch authority a8 La given by the Cormtitutlon 8ad the Matutes, either expmr8ly or by neoe8811'J' bplioaflon.

we d4reot youP attention to Artiole 190, v. A, c. s., vhLoh8peaLiioa~ya~~~isedtbeCcllrPi88lonero' CouPtofany oounty to pnrobnse the aeobsrory polraar; and aacramrler rewired by ths cltlams of the ocnmty rc@ the

ooyote8, gophers and may other JlMQd notbeenrepe8led,8od la

rtatuteha8 aon8truedbythl8 afflee in our Oplnf0n~o.

vhIahl8 l nolored foryow ooWenleXM0. que8tIm, ni3 abew itsated,

s oIfliMillyamsvarIag the coaml88 onerr~ Court at @z-a Quatydbbs n&haY*tbelegrl p"

aeimrlty to pay beunfie8 for 0 ext~tlonofvolve8 or oey- otes tn said G0unty.

Yours wry truly AlWXMEYGRNERALOFzIB(1cJ me11 UillIars A8elatnnt AU rio

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