Sec[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois Represented in the General Assembly That every person who shall take and kill any wolf or wolves in this state shall receive the following bounty, to wit, For each Wolf known And denominated as the “Big Wolf” of six months old and upwards the sum of one dollar For each wolf of the same kind under the age of six mont[hs] the sum of fifty cents And for each wolf known and denominated the prarie Wolf of any age the sum of fifty cents, to be paid out of the State Treasury on the certificate of the Clerk of the county Commissioners court where such wolf or wolves were taken and killed The person claiming such reward shall produce the scalp or scalps with the ears thereon within thirty days after the same was taken and killed, to the clerk of the County Commissioners Court within the County where such wolf or wolves were taken and killed, who shall administer to the said person the following Oath or affirmation viz. You do solemnly swear or affirm (as the case may may be) that the scalp or scalps produced by you were taken from a wolf or wolves killed within this state within thirty days past, and that you believe such wolf or wolves from which they were taken were over or under six months old, and are of the large or small kind (as the case may be)

Sec 2. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the county Commissioners Court to grant to such persons as may produce the scalp or scalps of wolves a certificate stating the quantity and quality of them, and the amount he is entitled to receive for the same and shall immediately destroy the scalps so produced.

Sec. 3. Any person holding a certificate under the provisions of this act who shall produce the same to the sheriff or collector of any state revenue in payment of any taxes due the state Such Sheriff or collector shall receive the same as, and in lieu of money

Sec 4. When any Sheriff or Collector shall produce a certificate as before directed to the Auditor of Public accounts, it shall be his duty to give such Sheriff or collector credit for the amount thereof

Sec 5. The Clerk of the County Commissioners Court shall be entitled to receive from the person applying for a certificate as above, the sum of twelve and a half cents as a compensation for each certificate Provided in all cases where there are more than one scalp produced by one person at the same time, the clerk shall include them all in the same certificate

This act to be in force from and after the first day of March next