under whom he claims have, at any time during such occupancy, paid the ordinary county taxes thereon for any one year, and two years have elapsed without a repayment of the same by the owner thereof, and such occupancy is continued up to the time at which the action is brought by which the recovery of the real estate is obtained; but nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give tenants color of title against their landlords.

Iowa, McClain's An. C. (1888) ?? 3157–8.

"C 2025. 'Occupying claimant" defined. When any person has settled upon any real estate, and occupied the same for three years under or by virtue of any law or contract with the proper officers of the state for the purchase thereof, or under any law of, or by virtue of any purchase from the United States, and shall have made valuable improvements thereon, and shall be found not to be the owner thereof, or not to have acquired a right to purchase the same from the state or the United States, such person shall be an occupying claimant within the meaning of this chapter.

Iowa, McClain's An. C. (1888) 3159.

2026. Waste by occupant. Set-off. In the cases above provided for, if the occupying claimant has committed any injury to the real estate by cutting timber or otherwise, the plaintiff may set the same off against any claim for improvements made by the claimant.

Iowa, McClain's An. C. (1888) 3160.

2027. Execution may issue, when. The plaintiff is entitled to an execution to put him in possession of his property in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, but not otherwise.

Iowa, McClain's An. C. (1888) ? 3161.

2028. Rights of occupant of lands granted to the state. Any person having improvements on any real estate granted to the state in aid of any work of internal improvement whose title thereto is questioned by another, may remove such improvements without injury otherwise to such real estate, at any time before he is evicted therefrom, or he may claim and have the benefit of this chapter by proceeding as herein directed.

Iowa, McClain's An. C. (1888) ? 3162.

2029.

TITLE 57.

REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births. Who must keep register. All physicians and professional midwives must keep a register of the time of each birth at which they assist professionally, the sex, race, and color of the child, and the names and residence of the parents.

Cal. Pol. C. 3075. Mont. Pol. C. 2871.

2030. Id. Parents to report, when. If at any birth no physician or midwife attends, the parents must make the report.

Cal. Pol. C. 3078. Mont. Pol. C. 2874.

2031. Deaths. Who must keep register. Physicians who attend deceased persons in their last sickness, clergymen who officiate at funerals, justices of the peace who hold inquests, and sextons and undertakers who bury deceased persons, must each keep a registry of the name, age, residence, and time of death of such person.

Cal. Pol. C. 3076. Mont. Pol. C. ? 2872.

2032. Quarterly reports. All persons registering births or deaths must file quarterly with the county clerk a certified copy of their register, and all such certificates must specify, as nearly as may be ascertained, the name in full, occupation, age, term of residence in the city or county, birthplace, condition, whether single or married, widow or widower, sex, race, color, last place of residence, and cause of death of all decedents; provided, that in incorporated cities or towns where it is provided by ordinance that births and deaths shall be reported to the local board of health, it shall not be necessary for physicians, midwives, and parents, to make reports of births or deaths to the county clerk, but they shall make the same to the local board of health, and it shall be the duty of the local board of health to make a monthly report of such births and deaths to the county clerk.

Cal. Pol. C. 3077. Mont. Pol. C. 2873*.

Clerk to keep registers, 602. Power of cities, ?206, sub. 67.

2033. County clerk to keep register. The county clerk must keep separate registers, to be known as the "register of births" and the "register of deaths," in which the births and deaths certified to him must be numbered in the order in which they are reported to him. There must be stated in each register, in separate columns, properly headed, the various facts contained in the certificates, and the name and official or clerical position of the person making the report. The county clerk must carefully examine each report, and register the same birth or death but once, although it may be reported by different persons.

Cal. Pol. C. 3079. Mont. Pol. C. 2875.

2034. Providing registers for distribution. The board of county commissioners of each county must provide the county clerk with a sufficient number of such registers for distribution to the persons in the county who are required to keep the same and make reports provided for in this title. The registers for distribution may be printed so that the record of births and deaths may be kept in one book.

Cal. Pol. C. 3083*.

2035. Burial permits. Certificate of death. Whenever, by existing law, or by ordinance of any incorporated city, or by ordinance or resolution of the board of county commissioners of any county, a permit is required from a board of health, health officer, or other officer or person, before deposit or burial in any cemetery of any human body, such permit shall not be granted without the production and filing with such board of health, health officer, or other authorized officer or person, a certificate signed by a physician, or a coroner, or two reputable citizens, setting forth, as nearly as possible, the name, age, color, sex, place of birth, occupation, date, locality, and the cause of death of the deceased. And no certificate shall be received, upon which to grant such permit, unless signed by a physician, coroner, or two reputable citizens, registered as such under his or their proper signature at the office of such board of health, health officer, or other authorized officer or person.

Cal. Pol. C. 3084.

2036. Penalties. Any person on whom a duty is imposed by this title who fails, neglects, or refuses to perform the same as herein required, is liable to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by the county attorney of the proper county for the use of the general fund of such county.

TITLE 58.

RELEASE OF JOINT DEBTOR.

2037. Shall not discharge other debtors. A joint debtor upon contract or a judgment founded upon contract, may be released from liability by his creditor, and such release shall not discharge the other debtors beyond the just proportion of the debt for which the released debtor was liable or which he has paid. ['96, p. 121*.

Kansas G. S. (1889) ? 1102*. Minn. (1894) 5167.* Nev. 4931.

2038. Release of principal discharges surety. The preceding seetion shall not so apply as to permit a principal to be released without the discharge of his surety. ['96, p. 121*.

TITLE 59.

REWARDS.

CHAPTER 1.

ANIMALS AND BIRDS.

2039. Rewards for killing. The boards of county commissioners of the respective counties of the state, shall be empowered whenever in their judgment the best interest of the county demand, to provide by ordinance for the payment of rewards for the destruction of certain wild animals and birds within their respective counties, as follows:

Not more than ten dollars each on mountain lions and bears; not more than one dollar each on lynx, grey wolves, wildcats, coyotes, foxes, and minks; not more than ten cents each on muskrats; not more than five cents each on jack rabbits, prairie dogs, and ground squirrels; not more than five cents each on gophers; not more than twenty-five cents each on pelicans, blue cranes, fishhawks, loons, squawks, and fishducks; not more than three cents each on English sparrows; and five cents per dozen on the eggs of English sparrows.

['97, p. 30. 2040. Id. Proceedings to obtain reward. The person or persons who shall hereafter kill any of the above named wild animals or birds, in order to receive the reward mentioned in the next preceding section shall produce the skin, or head, or scalp with ears attached, as required by the county commissioners of the county offering such reward, of such lynx, grey wolf, wildcat, coyote, fox, mink, mountain lion, bear, or rabbit; or the head of such English sparrow, pelican, blue crane, fishhawk, loon, squawk, and fishduck; or the tail of any other animal mentioned in the next preceding section, before the county clerk in and for the county aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of such county clerk to diligently examine such person or persons, and such other witness as said clerk may deem proper, on oath or affirmation, touching the time when and place where such animal or bird was so killed and the circumstances thereof. If, upon such examination, the county clerk shall be satisfied that such animal or bird was killed by the person or persons producing the skin or head or tail of such animals or birds as mentioned in section two thousand and thirty-nine, within

the limits of the county for which said county clerk is qualified to act, he shall immediately cause such skin to be punched in the center of the neck thereof with the letters B. P., said letters to be not less than one inch in length and of proportionate width, or the head or tail of such animal or bird to be burned, and shall issue a warrant on the treasurer of said county for the reward offered, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to the person or persons producing such skin, tail, or head; provided, that no payments shall be made where the reward for such skins, heads, or tails would be less than one dollar; provided further, that the county commissioners shall be empowered, when they deem proper, to appoint deputies in such precincts as are situated ten miles or more from the respective county seats with authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter by giving an order on the county clerk for the amount of said reward; said deputies shall give a bond in the penal sum of two hundred dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. They shall be governed by such rules and regulations as are provided by ordinance by the county commissioners and shall be subject to removal at any time. ['97, pp. 30–1.

2041. Record and report. The county clerk of each county shall keep on file an itemized receipted statement, showing the quantity and kinds of hides, heads, or tails, the district in which they were killed, and the amount of the reward paid therefor, signed by the party receiving the reward, and shall make a full report of the same to the board of county commissioners at its quarterly sessions. ['96, p. 333.

2042. State liable for one-half of rewards paid. The county clerk of each county shall keep a true account of the moneys paid out under this chapter, and the number of species of animals, or English sparrows, and other birds for which bounties have been paid, and whenever the amount so paid reaches the sum of fifty dollars or more, the clerk shall present said account sworn to by him as being true and correct, to the state auditor, who shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for one-half of said amount, which shall be paid by said treasurer out of any money not otherwise appropriated, and forwarded by him to the treasurer of said county. ['96, p. 333.

CHAPTER 2.

SERICULTURE.

2043. Utah silk commission. The Utah silk commission shall consist of five members, to be appointed by the governor, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party. The members thereof hereafter appointed shall serve without compensation, and shall hold office for five years from the dates of their respective appointments and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Each member of said commission shall give a bond, running to the state, with sureties to be approved by the secretary of state, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the office. ['96, p. 314.

2044. Duties of. It shall be the duty of said commission to examine, personally or by duly appointed representative, all cocoons for which a bounty is claimed, and after such examination to render to the secretary of state a statement under oath setting forth the quantity, grade, and quality of the cocoons upon which a bounty shall be claimed, with the name of the person entitled thereto; to cause to be published in book or pamphlet form, for free distribution to the people of the state, explicit instructions in all practical branches of sericulture; to provide instruction in reeling in each county wherein one hundred pounds. of cocoons shall have been raised; to provide reliable eggs; to provide the best

possible market for cocoons and reeled silk until such time as these products shall be consumed by manufacturers in this state; and in every way to encourage those engaged in this industry. It shall also be the duty of this commission to compile and preserve a reliable record of the progress of silk culture in this state; and to make an annual report to the secretary of state. The said commission is authorized to use such part of the appropriation provided for in this chapter, not to exceed the sum of one thousand dollars in any one year, for the purposes mentioned in this section. ['96, p. 314.

2045. Bounty on cocoons. Until April fourth, nineteen hundred and six, there shall be paid out of the state treasury to any person engaged in the production of the cocoons of the silk worm in this state a bounty of twenty-five cents on each pound of cocoons produced in this state under the conditions of this chapter. ['96, p. 313.

2046. Id. No bounty shall be paid for cocoons not produced by worms fed entirely upon the leaves of the mulberry tree, nor shall more than two thousand dollars be used in any one year for the payment of bounties under the provisions of this chapter. ['96, p. 313.

2047. Claims for bounty. All claimants shall file verified statements with the commission, in compliance with such regulations as the commission may prescribe from time to time, setting forth the weight and quality of the cocoons on which the bounty is claimed, the place and county where, and the conditions under which, they were produced, the species, the eggs produced, and such other information as the commission may require. ['96, pp. 313-14.

2048. Id. Verification. The secretary of state may, at any time in his discretion, require the statements of claimants for bounty under the provisions of this chapter to be supported by the affidavits of other persons having knowledge of the facts. ['96, p. 315.

2049. Three thousand dollars per year available. The sum of three thousand dollars per year, out of any money now in, or which may hereafter come into, the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, is hereby appropriated for the purposes thereof. Upon receipt of the said verified statement of the commission approved by the secretary of state, it shall be the duty of the auditor to draw his warrant upon the treasurer in favor of the person entitled to a bounty under the provisions of this chapter for the amount approved by said secretary. ['96, p. 315.

TITLE 60.

SALARIES.

CHAPTER 1.

STATE OFFICERS.

2050. Amounts. The annual salaries of the following state officers are hereby fixed as follows: fish and game warden, five hundred dollars; clerk of the supreme court and ex officio librarian and statistician, twenty-one hundred dollars; reporter of decisions of supreme court, eight hundred dollars; adjutant